How to make children with speech, language disorders feel comfortable saying ‘trick or treat’ this Halloween

For children with speech or language disorders, being asked to say “trick or treat” on Halloween can be challenging or scary.

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If you’re going up to a door with your child to get some Halloween goodies, a speech language pathologist said not to push them to say that one popular phrase.

“Don’t require that ‘trick-or-treat’ from them, because it could be that they actually need a little bit more time to process,” said Lauren Arner, associate director of school services for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association .