When you have back-and-forth interactions with your child, you have many opportunities to support their social communication skills. However, you may not always be sure how to join in what your child is doing to get an interaction started. Try this fun and easy way to join in your child's play.

Since routines usually happen in the same way every time, their predictable steps provide a great opportunity for autistic children to learn new things. Learn a key Hanen strategy you can use during your everyday routines to build your child’s understanding and social communication skills.   

Book reading can be a great time for autistic children to learn a variety of skills. In this month's Book Nook, we talk about how to engage your child during book reading to promote longer interactions and set the stage for language and literacy learning. 

Joint attention is a key skill that helps children develop interaction and language skills. For autistic children, research shows that better joint attention skills early on lead to better communication skills later in life. Learn more about joint attention and how you can encourage it during everyday interactions with your child.

If your child uses echolalia, it can be tricky to figure out what they're trying to tell you. But by using some specific interaction techniques, you can discover what they might be trying to say more easily, and also help them learn other ways to communicate their message.

There are many reasons an autistic child might use echolalia. While it may be difficult to figure out what your child is trying to say when he uses echolalia, learning a little bit about this kind of speech can help you figure out the meaning behind his message. Here are three things you need to know about echolalia.