- Open-ended sentences or phrases provided to someone in an effort to elicit language.
- It is often helpful to provide some kind of visual support to prompt the person to respond. For example: I could say to Joe, “Your name is….?” I could show Joe a photo of himself, or a written example of his name and he could respond, “Joe!”
- It is often helpful in individuals with Fragile X Syndrome to wait 8 seconds for a verbal response.
I learned this language-based strategy from Sarah Scharfenaker, MA, C.C.C., SLP
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