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methods of communication that can be used. For more information that could help with communication, please visit, (UnityPoint at Home, 2014). Demonstration is often the better way to communicate the process of an activity to a special needs child. Teaching parents how to demonstrate helps show the child how to do a task step-by-step rather than assuming they can do it. A parent can try to get a child to imitate them as they demonstrate tasks at home. If a parent wants the child to do chores and the child has a difficult time understanding a parent can demonstrate how to do a chore by taking steps. In school, demonstration is also called imitation. Imitation is “one of the most important means of learning for typically developing children. This mode of learning is difficult for children with autism because it requires the child to pay attention to another person and to what that person is doing.” (Hogan, 2015). Hogan, 2015 gave a great example a parent can do at home with their SN child with imitation: The next type of imitation it the imitation of actions that object’s doing usually perform. This might be making a drumstick roll across a table instead of hitting a drum. Again make noises or do whatever might make your child pay attention to the activity and have fun doing it. Other examples include making a comb scrape the table, making a car hop on the table, or making a spoon hit the table. Choose objects that are of interest to your child. Taking turns

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