Originally Posted by seablue
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I would watch for real, back and forth conversation: can she build on someone else's idea? Or does she just lecture?


Okay, I'll do this and ask her preschool teacher about it. She can certainly dominate, but she does back and forth with me.

At least in three and four year old preschool classrooms a lot of kids don't do a ton of back and forth. A lot of verbal kids who don't have AS tend to go on about their own topic. They don't expect a lot of back and forth because many kids at that age haven't mastered it. The key for me would be can she understand why there should be a back and forth exchange. If she can do it one on one I see that as more telling at this age than if she can do it in a group.