HOW TO TEACH TODDLERS TO ANSWER YES & NO QUESTIONS AT HOME: Receptive Language - The Speech Scoop

Kelli Meyer M.Ed, CCC-SLP (Pediatric Speech Thearpist)

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Tips for teaching your child YES vs NO at home!
1) Grab your child's FAVORITE things (toys, food, activities, whatever your child likes)
2) Target YES! first! (children often say YEAH instead of yes)
- offer a VISUAL - Big green check mark drawn on paper is fine or low-tech AAC board/visual
- MODEL (or Hand UNDER hand if necessary) touch YES for them after giving the prompt "WANT COOKIE?!" YES! and help them TOUCH the check and pop the cookie into their mouth or blow the bubbles immediately!
- Decrease number of models after your child has grasped the concept of touching the check mark and work on imitating the actions of independently touching the check mark/picture/visual OR nodding their head YES! and provide your child's request immediately again!
- Be EXAGERATIVE! when shaking your head YES or being overly excited!
- Decrease trials of verbal cues by using the prompt "WANT COOKIE!?" and provide the VISUAL of the check mark OR exaggeratively shaking your head to move to the next level and see if your child will say "YEAH!" or "YES!" - if not, then MODEL and repeat!
- Once your child SAYS yeah, or yes, then ONLY reinforce when your child answers verbally, but keep prompting with the visuals when needed.

Behavioral Tip*** If your child is responding with behaviors (turning their head away, crying on the floor, tantruming, whining/grunting) - involve dad/grandma and ask them yes/no and provide the item for them!

1) AFTER your child understands YES, then target NO! Offer your child something they do NOT like or would NOT want. (i.e. an onion, a tomato, a dirty sock, a leaf soaked in olive oil - get creative here to raise motivation) use same prompt "WANT LEAF?!"
2) Model NOOOO! Using exaggeration and visuals + modeling and decreasing visual/verbal/tactile cueing once the child is beginning to understand concept!
3) Continue to try to give the child the non-preferred objects when they do not respond to raise motivation level - if they don't accept it, just set it next to them or hand it to them - if no response or responding yes.

YES and NO!
1) Once your child understands YES and NO separately! Combine and offer BOTH things they WANT and things they DO NOT want in order to decrease echolalic tendencies.
2) THEN move into yes/no concepts (negations) once the child understands YES/NO using wants/needs (i.e. "Is this a COW?! NOOO! That's silly!)

The sillier the better!!! :)

MOST IMPORTANT TIP:
ALWAYS, give your child what they ask or answer! For example, if they say "YES" even if they mean "NO," give them what they said yes to! Why?! That is the ONLY way to draw attention to what they are saying! Same thing for "no!" - If they are used to saying "no!" to your question all the time, DO NOT give it to them and if it's positive, give it to someone else or eat the cookie yourself! **even if it upset them because they have to be upset to self-reflect to figure out what they are saying in order to keep getting the same response and therefore, change the response!!

Looking for a "Language Explosion?!" Give your child CHOICES and use YES/NO concepts to further skill set!

This techniques teaches children the POWER of CHOICES!
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