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TA Chapter 5: Help Your Child Tune In to Others

Miss Amy — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:43:22 +0000

There are a lot of handouts for this chapter. The first is a checklist to help you figure out which stage of tuning in your child is in...

1-Tuning-In-Checklist-Stages-1-3.pdf

TA Chapter 4: Use your "I-Cues" for Better Conversations

Miss Amy — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:13:16 +0000

There are lots of handouts for this chapter. Here's one to help you remember to "Use Your Is"...

1-Use-Your-Is.pdf

TA Chapter 3: Get Ready for Conversation: "Break the ICE"

Miss Amy — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:02:52 +0000

The most important part of this chapter is the checklist that starts on page 40 to help you see how your child is Initiating conversations, Continuing conversations, and Ending conversations. I made a PDF version of these checklists since the program doesn't provide one.

TA-Chapter-3-Convo-Checklists.pdf

TA Chapter 2: Help Your Child Understand What You Say Without Words

Miss Amy — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:21:23 +0000

The most important part of this chapter, from my experience, is on page 22 when it suggests we get face-to-face. Our research is repeatedly showing that eye contact is easier when children don't have to look up and only have to look side-to-side. While I don't prompt children to make eye contact, I want them to understand that they can get information by looking at others' eyes and faces and that's exactly what this chapter is about. On the following pages the book outlines various methods of communicative temptations that you can use to help children cue into facial expressions, eye gaze, and body langauge.

1-Hook-Your-Child-to-Look.pdf

TA Chapter 1: How Your Child Learns

Miss Amy — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:48:17 +0000

I love the checklists that include the different types of learning in this chapter (Visual Learner on page 2, Verbal Learner on page 3, & even worries on page 5) and the different interaction styles that start on page 13. The most important handout that goes with this chapter is the Communication Profile. The sensory checklist is also helpful as are the conversation checklists, but this forum only lets me upload one for each comment so I'll add the rest in comments...

5-Communication-Profile.pdf