Guest guest Posted March 2, 2002 Report Share Posted March 2, 2002 It is always good to create a formal transition plan. Start with the goal, successful integration in the classroom and then say, what behaviors are needed to acheive this goal. Conduct a task analysis of those behaviors and that becomes your training program for the next few months. Joe On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Voyager Fan wrote: > Sorry for the cross post. My son is 4.5 and did ABA for a while which > morphed into VB which is now morphing into NET (very little use of > flashcards now). His language has improved dramatically, from about 35 > nouns at age 3 to testing as age appropriate in receptive language and mild > delays in expressive language. He can ask questions (who, what, where, > working on when and why and how) and is on the cusp of being conversational. > > My question is this. I had another little 4 year old over for a playdate, a > girl, who is a few months younger than my son. She was talking about how > she would be turning 5 and be going to kindergarten next year, and taking > the bus, and riding with her friends, etc... > > And it occurred to me, that my own son HAS NO CLUE about something like > that. I'm holding him back a year and he just has no idea, no clue that > when kids turn 5 most kids do go to kindergarten and to the big school, > etc... > > I talked to the little girl's mother, and she said that she hadn't mentioned > kindergarten at all to her daughter, because she is considering holding her > back a year to give her the " gift of time " , but that her daughter is picking > it up from her friends at preschool and her friends around the neighborhood. > > So my question is this, what skill/skills is my son lacking that he can't > pick up this kind of stuff from his peers, whereas the little girl CAN? I > can't even put my finger on it. I've asked several friends, and my child's > resource teacher, and I've gotten responses ranging from: > > 1. Some kids are just more clueless longer. They'll get it eventually. > > 2. Its because your son is a visual learner. Other kids can pick this > stuff up by language ALONE, but your son needs to see and experience > something for it to have meaning for him. > > 3. Your son is still a fairly new language user, and once he gets > experience with language, he'll improve his ability to comprehend. > > 4. Your son has auditory processing delays. He can't yet follow the rapid > fire pace of children's conversations, let alone convert their words into > anything meaningful. > > 5. Your son just isn't listening to the other children, maybe because the > preschool environment is distracting and very stimulating. > > I guess of all of these make sense in a way. But how do I convert this into > a plan of action?? > > 2 seems to make the most sense, and to me, this means that I need to GIVE > him as many experiences as possible, or teach him things in a visual way, > with pictures in a book or a video. > > But I guess what I'm getting at is that I'd love my son to learn stuff where > I don't specifically have to teach him all the time. > > Any ideas or insights?? Any success stories out there? THanks - > > > *** The miraculous and the mundane are one and the same *** > > *** Visit my stamp carving website! http://carvingcorner.homestead.com *** > > > > > > > > List moderators: ABAqueen1@... > Stephhulshof@... > > Post message: > Subscribe: -subscribe > Unsubscribe: -unsubscribe > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 I am going to give my son (2.9 year old) ProEFA, is that all I need to give him? Or should I also give him ProEPA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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