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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our speech therapist actually told us NOT to ask questions all the time. This is something parents tend to do with our kids who have SN because we are trying to elicit speech from them. But it’s not good modeling because speech doesn’t work that way. What happened with our DS Is he was verbal but delayed and we were asking questions relentlessly to elicit speech and then suddenly at 4/5 his language exploded but all he did was ask us nonsense questions over and over again and the speech therapist said this happened because of the modeling we gave. Questions are supposed to serve a purpose, and that is to give us information that we need to make decisions. You shouldn’t be asking questions if they aren’t real. All of this was super counterintuitive to me.[/quote] ^^ this (from a pediatric SLP) Natural communication interactions are an ebb and flow of questions, comments, exclamations, joint silence, refusals, requests, and more. Not to mention question-asking creates pressure on cognitive and linguistic systems, which can inhibit communication. For every question you ask, try adding a comment or two to balance things out and see what kind of language emerges. And if asking a question, try a closed, binary choice question (eg did you read a book or go outside?) to relieve some of the language demand. It’s like how multiple choice test questions are often easier than short answer or true/false. Hope that helps![/quote]
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