Can I make a request..... or is it called manding

Requesting is the most important thing to teach a child. Requesting (manding) teaches a child that communication is powerful.It gives him some control over his/her world and can takeplace of many negative behaviors that may be occurring.Once a child can request , we can teach many different functions of language. Children may speak in nice clear words but only when imitating someone else. They may spontaneously repeat what they hear, right after they hear it, but do not request what they want. For example, when someone asks, "What do you want?" they say, "What do you want?" in response. This is sometimes referred to immediate echolalia. Other children have the ability to use phrases they have heard in one situation to serve a purpose in another situation. For example, they might repeat the words they hear on their favorite video in a different but related situation. Sometimes these words are said in a "cut and paste" fashion. For example, consider the child who says, "He was a very hungry lion" whenever he wants something to eat. Perhaps the child says these words in this situation because when he watched his favorite video or heard a favorite story, one of the characters said this statement and then got something to eat. Sometimes this use of language is referred to as "delayed echolalia".This reinforces the use of this sentence as a request (mand) for food. The problem occurs when the child leaves the home environment. Others don't have a clue what the child is trying to communicate and so don't reinforce the request. This can lead to frustrations and tantrums because the child is unable to communicate his needs any longer. Thus helping a child gain the skill to make request(mand) just like others is very important and very useful for language building.