A point of reference
During my son’s early communication days I taught him few things to ease my understanding of his needs. i would explain things hoping that he would pickup the reason for suggesting them but in terms of feedback I was restricted by his limited vocabulary and choice of expressions but one of the things techniques I taught him, which he still adheres to, is to create an easy reference points to remember things so then I know what he is talking about.
This was because he would tell me something like, “I want to go to that place.”
What he thought were important features to mention in order to trigger my memory, meant nothing to me. So, whenever I took him out or gave him something I would tell him next time you want this you would say I want this by its name or you can describe it as such and such. For example, one of the arcade games venues he likes has a moving digger vehicle and so he can ask me to take him to the place by name or to describe it as the place with the yellow moving digger. Until now, when we go out or watch different video clips he would say mum, “when I ask you for the clip with the clay elephant show me thing one.”
A small technique that works well 
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