Re: FW: Child with autism, profound Apraxia and Hyperlexia was Autisti

[Guest guest]

A next step could be to present an open ended question and prompt him

to respond. This would fall under the intraverbal operant (as sign

response can be IV so can typing) and you could prompt in several ways

one being multiple choice by where the answer is obviously NOT the

other two choices. You fade in more similar choices to strengthen

" logic/critical " thinking. I've learned a great deal from Soma at

HALO that we've been able to bring into our ABA/VB protocols...so I

give a great deal of credit to her work in aiding our profoundly

Apraxia/Hyperlexic kiddo with being able to work at grade level...she

is, however, not " ABA. " But wonderful nonetheless.

>

> Hi Kim:

>

> In the past, I have used keyboarding and printing skills for expressive

> language (labeling and intraverbal responses/answering questions) when

> working with intermediate learners with apraxia. Typically, I begin

teaching

> typing skills much like keyboarding by introducing one letter at a

time and

> using stickers on the keys we have introduced. Once both hands are

> introduced (both sides of keyboard) then I add a second colour for

the other

> hand. I suggest starting out with whichever hand your child

spontaneously

> moves toward the keyboard. I also place a sticker on the child's

thumbnail

> to remind him which hand goes where. Recently, I had a child who

learned how

> to print words or type to respond, and learned how to print and type

over

> 500 words in under two months. Within a couple of months all the

letters had

> been introduced and the stickers even came off! Of course, this child

> already had three years of ABA under his belt, but also had apraxia

along

> with his autism diagnosis.

>

> Please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions or

would like

> more follow up.

>

> Best Regards,

>

> Roussel, M.Ed.

>

> ABA Autism Services Niagara

>

> (905) 658-7096

>

> brendaroussel@...

>

>

>

>

>

> _____

>

> From: [mailto: ] On

Behalf Of

> O'Mara

> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:58 PM

> ; han_quan2003

> Subject: [ ] Child with autism,profound Apraxia and Hyperlexia was

> Autistic child with math ability

>

>

>

> Kim and group,

> Except for the math abilities,which sound like those of the

Hoffman

> character in Rainman,this child sounds like my 15 YO son Colin with

the dual

> dx/autism and spastic diplegia. Colin is nonverbal but communicates well

> using a combination of typing and SEE. We added SEE when he was 9YO

after

> attending Vince Carbone Workshop #1 in Madison in March 2000. Prior

to that

> I had attempted to teach Colin some ASL and he failed to learn it. In

> retrospect,I did not know how to teach Colin. I learned ho w to

teach SEE

> from the workshop and Colin learned it quickly.

> ,Colin P's mom

> [ ] Autistic child with math ability

>

> Hi

> >

> > We are working with a 5 years old boy who has autism and apraxia.

> Recently we discovered that he has special math ability. It started

> out with simple addition and moves on quickly to substraction,

> multiplication, division (even with remainder) or any combinations

> of them. He

> understands the ideas of equations, fractions, decimals. His rate

> of computation is fast, it takes him seconds to do computation up to

> 7 digits. Since apraxia limits his ability to communicate his

> answers, we have been using the multiple choice method and he just

> point to the answers. In term of his cognitive, he knows so much

> more than he can communicate. He has been progress very quickly

> with his sight reading program and can answer almost every questions

> in either multiple choice format or picking out the right words.

> (typed, cut out words).

>

> We do not have any previous experience working with a child like

> this. So we would love to have your input in what do we do at this

> point in term of who have expertise in this area (can evaluate him

> and customize his ABA/educational program. We live in Northern

> California but willing to travel anywhere in the US), is there a

> school out there teaching autistic, apraxic children with special

> ability, what does it mean in term of his long term prognosis, does

> this mean he will have a better chance to " recover " , does his math

> ability relates to other abilities such as computer, engineering,

> etc... (something that will help him get a job and live an

> independent life). We have so many questions and hope that some of

> you may have had the chance to work with, or hear about a similar

> cases and can give us some insight into this case. All your inputs

> are greatly appreciated. You can email us directly if you prefer

>

> Thanks,

> Kim

>

>

[Guest guest]

A next step could be to present an open ended question and prompt him

to respond. This would fall under the intraverbal operant (as sign

response can be IV so can typing) and you could prompt in several ways

one being multiple choice by where the answer is obviously NOT the

other two choices. You fade in more similar choices to strengthen

" logic/critical " thinking. I've learned a great deal from Soma at

HALO that we've been able to bring into our ABA/VB protocols...so I

give a great deal of credit to her work in aiding our profoundly

Apraxia/Hyperlexic kiddo with being able to work at grade level...she

is, however, not " ABA. " But wonderful nonetheless.

>

> Hi Kim:

>

> In the past, I have used keyboarding and printing skills for expressive

> language (labeling and intraverbal responses/answering questions) when

> working with intermediate learners with apraxia. Typically, I begin

teaching

> typing skills much like keyboarding by introducing one letter at a

time and

> using stickers on the keys we have introduced. Once both hands are

> introduced (both sides of keyboard) then I add a second colour for

the other

> hand. I suggest starting out with whichever hand your child

spontaneously

> moves toward the keyboard. I also place a sticker on the child's

thumbnail

> to remind him which hand goes where. Recently, I had a child who

learned how

> to print words or type to respond, and learned how to print and type

over

> 500 words in under two months. Within a couple of months all the

letters had

> been introduced and the stickers even came off! Of course, this child

> already had three years of ABA under his belt, but also had apraxia

along

> with his autism diagnosis.

>

> Please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions or

would like

> more follow up.

>

> Best Regards,

>

> Roussel, M.Ed.

>

> ABA Autism Services Niagara

>

> (905) 658-7096

>

> brendaroussel@...

>

>

>

>

>

> _____

>

> From: [mailto: ] On

Behalf Of

> O'Mara

> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:58 PM

> ; han_quan2003

> Subject: [ ] Child with autism,profound Apraxia and Hyperlexia was

> Autistic child with math ability

>

>

>

> Kim and group,

> Except for the math abilities,which sound like those of the

Hoffman

> character in Rainman,this child sounds like my 15 YO son Colin with

the dual

> dx/autism and spastic diplegia. Colin is nonverbal but communicates well

> using a combination of typing and SEE. We added SEE when he was 9YO

after

> attending Vince Carbone Workshop #1 in Madison in March 2000. Prior

to that

> I had attempted to teach Colin some ASL and he failed to learn it. In

> retrospect,I did not know how to teach Colin. I learned ho w to

teach SEE

> from the workshop and Colin learned it quickly.

> ,Colin P's mom

> [ ] Autistic child with math ability

>

> Hi

> >

> > We are working with a 5 years old boy who has autism and apraxia.

> Recently we discovered that he has special math ability. It started

> out with simple addition and moves on quickly to substraction,

> multiplication, division (even with remainder) or any combinations

> of them. He

> understands the ideas of equations, fractions, decimals. His rate

> of computation is fast, it takes him seconds to do computation up to

> 7 digits. Since apraxia limits his ability to communicate his

> answers, we have been using the multiple choice method and he just

> point to the answers. In term of his cognitive, he knows so much

> more than he can communicate. He has been progress very quickly

> with his sight reading program and can answer almost every questions

> in either multiple choice format or picking out the right words.

> (typed, cut out words).

>

> We do not have any previous experience working with a child like

> this. So we would love to have your input in what do we do at this

> point in term of who have expertise in this area (can evaluate him

> and customize his ABA/educational program. We live in Northern

> California but willing to travel anywhere in the US), is there a

> school out there teaching autistic, apraxic children with special

> ability, what does it mean in term of his long term prognosis, does

> this mean he will have a better chance to " recover " , does his math

> ability relates to other abilities such as computer, engineering,

> etc... (something that will help him get a job and live an

> independent life). We have so many questions and hope that some of

> you may have had the chance to work with, or hear about a similar

> cases and can give us some insight into this case. All your inputs

> are greatly appreciated. You can email us directly if you prefer

>

> Thanks,

> Kim

>

>