rich 1.0 “Baby Llama! Mama ain’t buying this drama!” How do you weave humour into your everyday conversations at home? In this penultimate Episode 23, an ebullient Rebecca Rajkumar engages with Shefali Shah, a LSLS Cert. AVT professional, to share how she and her husband instilled a sense of humour in their profoundly deaf son. Explaining jokes and then modelling key lines was a technique they found particularly useful. A wide social circle of which their son was always a part, contributed to his growing up confident and advocating for himself. Nurturing your relationship with your growing deaf teenager through conversation and ongoing discussion in which there are no taboo subjects, is key to raising a confident young adult. Listen. Learn. Talk. This is The Sound Steps Podcast. 🎧 Top Tips from Episode 21 Instil a sense of humour in  your growing child by immersing him in fun-filled family life Explain jokes especially sarcasm. Weave the subtleties of humour into your family conversation and every day exchanges. Developing self-advocacy skills is critical. Build a wide social circle. Discuss topics of interest together within your family life. Time Stamp: 00:00 The Auditory-Verbal journey begins 01:12 Do children have an innate sense of humour? 01:22 Introducing our guest: Rebecca Rajkumar 02:08 Participating in extra-curricular activities at school 03:03 Academic work 03:34 Socialising at school and in the community 04:06 Self-advocacy 04:40 Getting back to work 05:17 Sarcasm 05:50 Humour defuses flashpoints! 07:41 How to instil humour in your child 09:12 Cooking as a channel to build vocabulary and expressive language 10:12 Growing up with parents who tease each other 10:45 Explaining jokes 11:00 Using a language rich model 11:30 Family conversation as an engine to power appreciation of humour 12:24 Videos to build understanding of humour 13:45 Timing of the delivery of punchline is critical 13:50 Breaking jokes down, explaining them, modelling and practicing 14:17 Appreciating the subtleties of humour 16:03 Weaving humour into all aspects of family life:bylines of books too! 16:35 Always being a part of family life and its circle of friends 17:24 Nothing was off limits within the family circle 17:44 Wanting to follow jokes and family conversations 18:00 Family Conversations on topics of mutual interest: e.g. History 18:46 To be a citizen of the modern world, free of prejudice 19:15 Discussing Slavery 19:36 Current affairs 20:21 Re-wording and changing presentation 21:19 Self-regulation 22:38 Putting others at ease 23:15 Instilling compassion 24:33 Sports training :Tennis 26:55 Participating in family social events 28:26 Self Advocacy 29:00 Keeping Perspective 29:33 Upcoming episode: Proud Parents of a deaf or Hard of Hearing Child: This could be your reality! 🔗 Resources Mentioned in this Episode: 💬 Submit your question to the show: https://www.soundsteps.uk/podcast-ask-question/ 👩‍⚕️ Face-to-face AVT with Shefali Shah (London): https://soundsteps.uk 🌐 Online AVT sessions available via AVT Direct: https://avtdirect.com 🎓 Train online as an LSL professional in AVT: https://learnavt.com 📧 Contact Shefali directly: shefalishah@soundsteps.uk (mailto:shefalishah@soundsteps.uk) The Sound Steps Podcast https://audioboom.com/channels/5160349-the-sound-steps-podcast Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43814178/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8946727/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>