Seek
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Phrase
Seek clues using your experience:
-Notice when a student’s behavior changes. If someone who normally paces sits quietly, they may be telling you something.
-Consider what their tone, inflection, and body language are telling you.
Phrase
Phrase
Phrase
Phrase questions or statements:
- Ask questions only when the student has a choice and limit choices.
- Ask closed-questions and suggest responses. Do you want this or that?
- Use first/then statements.
Avoid abstract language, joking, slang, and idioms.
Speak
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Speak
Speak with more than words:
- Use positive body language, gestures, and positive facial expressions.
- Speak at an appropriate age level.
- Be confident and direct. Never yell or scold.
Be patient to wait for an answer.
Learn
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Speak
Learn the language:
- Students may repeat words and phrases they just heard.
- Students may repeat what they heard in a movie or cartoon.
- Students may point to pictures.
Students may use words or gestures unique to their family.