Stage 3: Helping your Child's Communication
We understand that there can be myriad reasons that makes regular home-play practice a challenge. Take a minute to read the list below . Recognise any? It is really important to do your best to factor in the time to make sure your child’s home-play gets done. If some of these resonate with you, take some time to plan how you might work around these. Home-play will benefit your child!
| Hurdles at Home | Never | Sometimes | Often |
| Unemployment worry | |||
| Money concerns | |||
| Too much work to do | |||
| Public transport times | |||
| Housework and shopping | |||
| Elderly relative to care for | |||
| Addictions of your own | |||
| Noisy house, no quiet space to practice | |||
| Stressed and tired | |||
| Your child has no interest in home-play | |||
| Your child’s physical needs take priority | |||
| You have other social commitments | |||
| Embarrassed/confused- don’t know what to do | |||
| Feelings of guilt/shame | |||
| Don’t understand hw to support a disability | |||
| You don’t agree with the SLT | |||
| Think your child will ‘grow out of it’ | |||
| Cultural expectations of boys versus girls | |||
| Your language differences | |||
| Your reading/writing difficulties | |||
| You don’t understand the home-play | |||
| Never enough hours in the day | |||
| Behaviour of your child makes it tricky to focus on home-play tasks | |||
| You don’t get support from others |