The goal of the speech intervention is to improve communication and also to improve the child’s quality of life by developing social acceptance. Speech language pathologists can contribute to the independence and self-advocacy of individuals with ASD to promote generalisation of skills.
The speech therapy techniques include: –
- Incidental teaching
- Milieu therapy
- Pivotal response training
- Time delay
- Son rise
- Integrated play groups
- SCERTS (Social Communication Emotional Regulation and Transactional Support)
- JASPER (Joint Attention Symbolic Play Engagement Regulation)
- Floor play
- Auditory bombarding
- Visual auditory touch
- Imitation
- Modelling
- Expansion
- Extension
Reference : www.asha.org/policy (Journal of autism and developmental disorders)
