Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Would love to start a discussion about our children's ability to understand what is said to them even though they may be non-verbal. I realize all of our children are different (from this list-serve) yet I read such similarities. My son is 12 and non verbal. He can say some words but does not choose to say them unless they are required to get what he wants. He makes a lot of sounds but mostly communicates by leading us to what he wants. We started an AVB program with him this summer with good results however he still seems to prefer to communicate without words. Because he seems to prefer being in his own space with the door shut and often does not appear to be paying attention it is easy to think that he cannot understand what we are saying. I am starting to realize that he does understand much more than I thought but still hard to know if he is responding. Any thoughts? Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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