Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 Hello~ I have experienced this with my niece, SID, LD, epilipsy, ADHD, speech; for a long time we thought it was SID related. Now, it could be the learning difficulties or the ADHD. I found that she isn't really ignoring me, as once thought, she can't focus on " looking at me " --- especially when being disciplined or trying to make an important point with her. Some children can't look when told, " Look at me " ; their little minds aren't comprehending for some reason. I am open to some opinions and suggestions on this one! Kayla will look briefly, then turns away...still listening, but she can't stay focused on eye-to-eye contact. I have her repeat what I said, she gets most of it, but somewhere in the " input " - to - " translation " - to - " output " things get scrambled. Ever notice when taking a picture of the child, does he or she look into the camera or away with their eyes? Kayla more often than not will look away with her eyes, her face is towards the camera, it's weird, so I have to capture her beautiful eyes and smile when she least expects the camera. Good luck, and thanks~ Aunt in Washington State In a message dated 1/8/2002 8:20:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, nancfin@... writes:> > Is lack of eye contact also a symptom? If so I guess that's why when I > tell my daughter to look at me she will look in my eyes for just a second > and then look away. > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ma. M Sarmiento > ... My son goes to a preschool that suggested he needed assistance > and a professional evaluation on his delayed speech and lack of eye contact > . . . > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 : I wish I could figure out why is intermittent with her eye contact! She makes eye contact with everyone except her teachers and therapists. It's kind of strange! She's not autistic so that's not it. She's gotten more social lately, she even has said hi to strangers, so that's not it. She has receptive & expressive speech delays, SID and weak hand muscles. In speech yesterday, the ST said to her, " How do I know that you're ready to listen? " That meant that she had to look at her square in the face. That worked for that session. Maybe you could try that! Good luck! Martha- too 16 months --- aheither@... wrote: > Hello~ > I have experienced this with my niece, SID, LD, > epilipsy, ADHD, speech; for a > long time we thought it was SID related. Now, it > could be the learning > difficulties or the ADHD. I found that she isn't > really ignoring me, as once > thought, she can't focus on " looking at me " --- > especially when being > disciplined or trying to make an important point > with her. Some children > can't look when told, " Look at me " ; their little > minds aren't comprehending > for some reason. I am open to some opinions and > suggestions on this one! > Kayla will look briefly, then turns away...still > listening, but she can't > stay focused on eye-to-eye contact. I have her > repeat what I said, she gets > most of it, but somewhere in the " input " - to - > " translation " - to - " output " > things get scrambled. > > Ever notice when taking a picture of the child, does > he or she look into the > camera or away with their eyes? Kayla more often > than not will look away with > her eyes, her face is towards the camera, it's > weird, so I have to capture > her beautiful eyes and smile when she least expects > the camera. > > Good luck, and thanks~ > Aunt in Washington State > > In a message dated 1/8/2002 8:20:56 PM Pacific > Standard Time, > nancfin@... writes:> > > Is lack of eye contact also a symptom? If so I > guess that's why when I > > tell my daughter to look at me she will look in my > eyes for just a second > > and then look away. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Ma. M Sarmiento > > ... My son goes to a preschool that > suggested he needed assistance > > and a professional evaluation on his delayed > speech and lack of eye contact > > . . . > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2002 Report Share Posted January 9, 2002 just an observation re intermittant eye contact... my daughter squeezes her eyes shut when she's someplace she doesn't want to be (we just started Occupational Therapy; in time she'll enjoy it). - Betsy --- In @y..., Matsuda Martha <mgmfxm@y...> wrote: > : > I wish I could figure out why is intermittent > with her eye contact! She makes eye contact with > everyone except her teachers and therapists. It's kind > of strange! She's not autistic so that's not it. She's > gotten more social lately, she even has said hi to > strangers, so that's not it. She has receptive & > expressive speech delays, SID and weak hand muscles. > In speech yesterday, the ST said to her, " How do I > know that you're ready to listen? " That meant that she > had to look at her square in the face. That worked for > that session. Maybe you could try that! > Good luck! > Martha- too 16 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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