Jump to content
RemedySpot.com

Re: [ Quiet lately. Echoics

Rate this topic


Guest guest

Recommended Posts

Guest guest

Dear List,

When we went to the Carbone conference, we had VERY limited echoics that

were perhaps 70-80% consistent, and were done in the more traditional

verbal imitation drill format. I am talking about sounds and not word

echoics. As we made some changes, grappling with how to make this work, we

have had some successes.

In fact, it is the one area, I think I can safely say, we have made

probably the strongest gain, although still nothing terribly dramatic

compared to what some people have reported. Given where we've been and

Isaac's history, I am still pleased.

We do not know how to do this that well, have limited staff and experience,

and we're all trying to figure out what we work on and how often and how to

maintain some stability, program quality and progress in several areas that

pertain to my son's IEP.

Anyhow, I think we have around ten to twelve echoics now, and it does vary,

some days, we're pretty close to 100% and other days closer to the 70%,

rarely less, if you count both sessions we actively address this. These are

some sounds, but generally words or approximations that we all recognize

and agree stand in for a word, On-Ah (long O)

for Donut, (This week he was able to use it as a mand while at Dunkin

Donut's over a dozen times, and a few of those without any prompting, just

pure manding.) O-Da or O-ah for Soda at Mc's, and IES for fries at

Mc's, and he even said, FIES twice when his therapist made him wait

longer than he wanted. :-) So, they are starting to become mands with some

encouragement and practice, but are still not strong mands, but are pretty

strong echoics now. He is also saying, a few others immediately when asked

to echo, and a couple have become words versus approximations. I would like

some more suggestions on how people do this, how often and any tricks you

all might have to get sounds, etc. Isaac had apraxic issues, etc., and some

sounds just are not in his repetoire at all or very rare.

Jennie

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest guest

Jennie,

Just out of curiosity...have you tried DMG or TMG from Kirkman Labs?

My son's articulation with the mands was much like yours. Some words

were clear, but most were partial sounds. Three days after taking

TMG, Lance was echoing & manding more clearly. I'm excited to see if

the improvement continues.

Cheryl

> Dear List,

> When we went to the Carbone conference, we had VERY limited echoics

that

> were perhaps 70-80% consistent, and were done in the more

traditional

> verbal imitation drill format. I am talking about sounds and not

word

> echoics. As we made some changes, grappling with how to make this

work, we

> have had some successes.

> In fact, it is the one area, I think I can safely say, we have made

> probably the strongest gain, although still nothing terribly

dramatic

> compared to what some people have reported. Given where we've been

and

> Isaac's history, I am still pleased.

> We do not know how to do this that well, have limited staff and

experience,

> and we're all trying to figure out what we work on and how often

and how to

> maintain some stability, program quality and progress in several

areas that

> pertain to my son's IEP.

> Anyhow, I think we have around ten to twelve echoics now, and it

does vary,

> some days, we're pretty close to 100% and other days closer to the

70%,

> rarely less, if you count both sessions we actively address this.

These are

> some sounds, but generally words or approximations that we all

recognize

> and agree stand in for a word, On-Ah (long O)

> for Donut, (This week he was able to use it as a mand while at

Dunkin

> Donut's over a dozen times, and a few of those without any

prompting, just

> pure manding.) O-Da or O-ah for Soda at Mc's, and IES for

fries at

> Mc's, and he even said, FIES twice when his therapist made

him wait

> longer than he wanted. :-) So, they are starting to become mands

with some

> encouragement and practice, but are still not strong mands, but are

pretty

> strong echoics now. He is also saying, a few others immediately

when asked

> to echo, and a couple have become words versus approximations. I

would like

> some more suggestions on how people do this, how often and any

tricks you

> all might have to get sounds, etc. Isaac had apraxic issues, etc.,

and some

> sounds just are not in his repetoire at all or very rare.

>

> Jennie

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...