My Autistic Child Talks but Does Not Communicate: Understanding the Difference Between Speech and Social Language
Understand the clinical distinction between speech, the mechanical production of words, and pragmatic language, the social use of those words, why autistic children frequently develop strong speech while struggling with pragmatic communication, and how DIR/Floortime addresses the social dimension of language that speech therapy alone often cannot reach.
What Is Echolalia and Why Does My Autistic Child Repeat What They Hear? A NJ Parent’s Guide
Understand what echolalia is, what the latest research tells us about its communicative and cognitive functions, what the different types of echolalia mean about your child’s language development, and how DIR/Floortime uses echolalia as a bridge rather than a barrier in New Jersey homes and schools.