I find many 'not speaking yet' toddlers with Autism to have letters, numbers, colors as their first words, which is FANTASTIC. Consistency is key! When children are consistently saying words, typically there's a cascading effect in which many new ones naturally emerge.
Very interesting...
Does this methodology apply to non-verbal - zero word level, toddlers?
I find many 'not speaking yet' toddlers with Autism to have letters, numbers, colors as their first words, which is FANTASTIC. Consistency is key! When children are consistently saying words, typically there's a cascading effect in which many new ones naturally emerge.