Alice Shillingsburg's Courses

Strengthening Gestures: A Critical Component to Building Robust Communication Skills for Autistic Children

Course Credits 1.0 Type I CE Credit

This course is presented by Alice Shillingsburg.

1.0 Type II CE Credit About the presentation: The use of gestures in early child development is highly related to the development of language and communication. Research has repeatedly shown that children who are later diagnosed with autism use fewer gestures to point things out to others (i.e., show and share) and to request things from…