Improving Social Interaction Using Social Stories

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for those with autism is in the area of communication. Communication is the sending and receiving of information and ideas, feelings, or messages. These messages can be transmitted through speech, written word, facial expressions, gestures, music, art, etc. Language is instinctive in humans, however in the autism population people often lack both the expressive and receptive language they need to successfully communicate with their peers.
In early childhood impaired social interaction can be directly observed in children with autism through a lack of eye contact, the inability to initiate and maintain conversations, and the inability to participate in simple childhood games. �Without the use of social interaction as a basis for language development it�s like trying to build a house without a foundation.� (Larche, 2010) A child should be screened for autism if there is no babbling or gesturing by 12 months, no use of words by 16 months, no two-word phrases by 24 months, ...

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