Help with using I and you correctly

[Guest guest]

hi there,

once pronouns are reversed, it can take quite a while to undo it. we

approched the problem from two different points.

1) reverse our pronouns when we addressed him. for example: q: do i want a

drink? a: yes i do. this can be difficult, but it goes directly at the the

problem of how the child learned to reverse pronouns in the first place.

2) when he had a strong mand, we would go through a quick series of whose

body part is this questions, and make sure to prompt the right answer before

he could be wrong. for example: q: what is this (pointing to my elbow, our

son already knew body parts)? a: (quick prompt from his perspective) your

elbow. q: what is this (pointing to his feet)? a: (quick prompt from his

perspective) my feet. then we extended to ownership of objects. this wasn't

teaching i/you, but i wanted to work on something that was not as engrained

and i/you. once my/your was mastered, i,me/you fell in to place with the

help of 1) above.

my son aquires concepts very quickly, but these took us months, now its not

an issue.

--aaron

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[Guest guest]

My son did this as well for a couple of years and we just kept modeling the

correct format for him and now he finally has it although with excitement

occasionally he will reverse but it is rare.