Parents' Corner
What Parents Say
(and Mean to SLPs)A Tongue–in–Cheek Look at What Parents Say
with a Translation for SLP’s
I want my child to learn to talk…
I want my child to generate
significant novel utterances.I want my child to be able to tell me what he/she wants…
I’m tired of the kid screaming and crying when he wants to tell me I cut his food the wrong way. (Insert any other reason to scream: he doesn’t want to go to bed, he wants to watch a different video…) I want my child to learn to greet people and say hello and goodbye… I want a system that allows my child to learn these social customs and use them at home, school, church, doctor’s office, grocery store, everywhere. I want my child to learn to put together sentences just like other kids do… I am interested in a language-based approach to augmented communication!
Unspoken Requests of Parents
-those “duh” issues we don’t often remember to say but really think are important:I want communication to be available for my child whenever and wherever he goes.
I want you to believe that whatever my child says has meaning.
When my child is asked to communicate about something, there has to be a point to it.
(Don’t ask him to practice saying something if it is rote memory with no association to the times he might find it useful.)You might find out that my child has a sense of humor. It’s OK to laugh!
I always value your feedback. parents@aacinstitute.org.
