We need to learn how to reach our child’s body language.

Especially for kids with autism or other disabilities, they may be unable to communicate their emotions via speech.

Their only recourse is behavior.

It is our job to read our kid’s facial expressions, as well as body language.

In fact, there was even a recent article on communication skills of children with autism that pointed out that people around them do a bad job of reading the faces of kids with autism. Apparently the lack of social skills goes in both directions!

We really need to study our child’s body language, from the face to the torso to the feet, and look at how he or she is moving.

These are the clues that will tell us about the child’s emotional state.

The questions that we need to ask are:

• What is the body language telling us?
• What is the facial expression?
• What is the pose of the body?
• What is the intensity level of feelings?