Reducing language.
Nana's have the best parenting hacks!!! Here's my mom Anna O Connell teaching  Logan to throw and tidy at the same time.  😂

I recently learned at a Middletown Center parenting course, that many kids with autism can take between 8 to 15 seconds to process anything we say. Even 8 seconds might seem like nothing but considering you or I can process things in less than 1 second it's quite a long time.
Do any of you ever find your child repeats back what you say immediately? Apparently this is their way of giving themselves time to process and understand what you've said. Clever little things!!!

The tip is to reduce your language dramatically.  Keep it as short and as clear as possible for their brains to take it in.
And wait...give them time to answer.  I know I'm guilty of repeating myself 10 times in a row when I want them to do something so I'm working on that!!

Just a simple  one-word  command works better here so my mom is just saying "IN" rather than " put your Lego in the box "... and he's understanding and doing it. Plenty praise helps every task also. 😊

I'm super proud of him. ❤
This simple throwing exercise is building an important little skill. It's good for his arms from an OT standpoint, he's hearing language and it's great for his concentration aswell.
Less clean up for us too. 😂😂😂