Phyllis Said:

How can I help my child pronounce his s's?

We Answered:

I have a lisp...or a sibilant s...it is better now...I trained as an actress and my speech therapist told me to say S words almost with a T at the front...so...."T-Sausages" it can help as it helped me.

Ron Said:

my 3 year old son was diagnosed with autism. i want to know of some discipline strategies i can do .?

We Answered:

Ok, I don't where Savage_wo came up with that...
The first answer was a more correct. First, find out if your child is dealing with sensory issues. I have a checklist I can send to you to help determine this. If he does, and most autistics do, those have to be dealt with first or nothing you do will work. Most of their acting out is a result of not being able to process the world like we do. It's like you having an extremely itchy nose, but someone is telling you you're going to be in big trouble if you scratch it. You can only hold that in for so long, then you're going to scratch! Look up 'sensory diet' online, and get one established. I can help with this, too. I use a chart system with my son, for both chores (keeps him active, gives him something to do to be proud of) and behaviors (gives him a visual for how well he's doing), and a happy face/sad face system for behavior.
Here's a question I answered that details my chart system, too much detail to retype.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…
It also is extremely helpful to give him a five minute warning before changing from one thing to another. That has worked miracles for us! Once these things are in place, then you can begin to work in disciplinary actions, but usually the only way it works for kids with autism is to work more on rewards then consequences. It just depends on the child, really. This would be like I described with the charts. Sometimes it works for me to discipline my son, sometimes it doesn't. When I'm consistent, and patient, he responds much better to the reward system. When I am having a bad day, he usually does, too! please contact me, I'd be more then happy to offer any support I can! Tim was almost three when we started all this, I know how overwhelming it can be!

Larry Said:

Any behavioral tricks for inclusive therapy?

We Answered:

I'm a speech-language pathologist too. Besides having clear behavioral expectations and consequences, I make sure I give my students an outline of the activity or lesson (so they know what to expect from me), provide as much positive praise as possible, center my lesson around the classroom teacher's lesson plan (e.g. if I'm going in during biology/science, then I create lessons targeting that particular subject), & provide visuals as much as possible (i.e. graphic organizers, picture schedules, work samples, etc...). Additionally, I provide frequent verbal and physical redirection, provide time for students to ask questions, and get my teachers and their teaching assistants involved in my lesson/activity.

These are few things that work for me. I hope you find them useful as well. Good luck to you.

Jill Said:

Will I stutter forever?

We Answered:

Well, with speech therapy, it should clear up unless you have a specific medical reason for it. I can't say for sure, and it'll be a slow process, but I've known plenty of people who got past it. Don't worry, it'll turn out all right :)