Guest guest Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 Kent or anybody, I have the article from Disability Solutions on self-talk, but do you know of any others. It's one of the many complaints I hear from school. Even the psych doesn't get it. Thanks, Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Danny does it, too, although I haven't heard our school complain about it. I have heard that it's common. One time, at a national conference I saw Burke walking down a hotel hall alone, talking to himself about things he had to do. Bev Re: self-talk Kent or anybody, I have the article from Disability Solutions on self-talk, but do you know of any others. It's one of the many complaints I hear from school. Even the psych doesn't get it. Thanks, Donna Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages to go to the sender of the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 In a message dated 3/14/03 2:42:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, web4mom@... writes: > > Danny does it, too, although I haven't heard our school complain about it. > I > have heard that it's common. > One time, at a national conference I saw Burke walking down a hotel > hall alone, talking to himself about things he had to do. > Bev > > LOL- LOTS of people do this, not just people with DS> A few years ago I read an article in a DS magazine where some professional was discussing whether self-talk in people with DS was due to an emotional disorder or an " immature " processing problem in the brain. The next day I was in the copy room at our elementary school for several hours working on a project. Most of the adults who came in to use the high speed copier had to " talk " themselves through the process of using the copier. - Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 I would also like to hear about any intervention strategies that could help with self talk. My 12.5 year old son has always engaged in self-talk. it has been over the past 6 months that it has gotten progressively worse (?puberty). It is interfering with his ability to remain in an environment where there needs to be quiet (school, movies),. In fact, today, they had to remove him from class as his self-talk was very disturbing to the other classmates. They don't know what to do with his behaviour at school. Although I have not done a functional analysis, I believe the function of this self-talk behaviour is intrinsically rewarding. I have also suspected that this self-talk may be a strategy to reduce anxiety. If this behaviour is intrinsically rewarding (i.e. he likes to hear the sound of his own voice), I can only think of providing him with headphones listening to recordings of his own voice or to listen to music/stories etc......Headphones may not be a viable option at school where he is meant to attend to tasks. If he is engaging in this behaviour as a result of anxiety, (which may be in some but not all cases) then I think this self-talk is a self-calming strategy. In those cases, I try and remove him from the environment which is causing him anxiety. I would like to try and replace this behaviour with another functional equivalent behaviour which will also calm him, but i haven't been able to find an appropriate functional equivalent behaviour. I have found this behaviour to be quite distressing, and would welcome any suggestions from the experts, parents or from individuals on the spectrum who can provide insight.... Thanks, Sharon From: danitee98 Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 7:30 PM Subject: [ ] self-talk Does anyone know of some references they could recommend regarding decresing self-talk/ delayed echolalia/ tv talk, etc? Thanks, le Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 Hi Sharon, Check out Prizant & Duchan for respected authorities here, along with J. Heffner, formerly, or whatever... of the Judevine Autism Program at ECRH? (July, 2000)(Key all that into a search-engine to find what that all gets for you?) I got some of Heffner's stuff from an Autism Group's posting that has since been terminated, of the groups being disbanded, I believe is what happened, with my sources in that respect. Here's a link that might more directly get you what you want and need now? http://www.ttac.vt.edu/docs/Autism_Conference_Handouts/Breakouts_1/Kingma_Echola\ lia.pdf Mike Glavic Volunteer, as long as I understand more from doing so, Volunteer > > I would also like to hear about any intervention strategies that could help with self talk. My 12.5 year old son has always engaged in self-talk. it has been over the past 6 months that it has gotten progressively worse (?puberty). It is interfering with his ability to remain in an environment where there needs to be quiet (school, movies),. In fact, today, they had to remove him from class as his self-talk was very disturbing to the other classmates. They don't know what to do with his behaviour at school. > > Although I have not done a functional analysis, I believe the function of this self-talk behaviour is intrinsically rewarding. I have also suspected that this self-talk may be a strategy to reduce anxiety. If this behaviour is intrinsically rewarding (i.e. he likes to hear the sound of his own voice), I can only think of providing him with headphones listening to recordings of his own voice or to listen to music/stories etc......Headphones may not be a viable option at school where he is meant to attend to tasks. > > If he is engaging in this behaviour as a result of anxiety, (which may be in some but not all cases) then I think this self-talk is a self-calming strategy. In those cases, I try and remove him from the environment which is causing him anxiety. I would like to try and replace this behaviour with another functional equivalent behaviour which will also calm him, but i haven't been able to find an appropriate functional equivalent behaviour. > > I have found this behaviour to be quite distressing, and would welcome any suggestions from the experts, parents or from individuals on the spectrum who can provide insight.... > > Thanks, > > Sharon > > From: danitee98 > > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 7:30 PM > Subject: [ ] self-talk > > > Does anyone know of some references they could recommend regarding decresing self-talk/ delayed echolalia/ tv talk, etc? > > Thanks, > le > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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