Guest guest Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Hi, I haven't been on here in awhile. Have been busy with life. My seven year old daughter, Serena, has started verbal stimming in the last couple of months. Sometimes I feel so dunced because it took me a while to figure out what she is doing. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop or redirect this behavior? It is driving us a little nuts with the constant talking. She is HFA and very bright but of course has issues, as you all know. She has a fantastic memory and is using it to her advantage by repeating whole stories. The WHOLE thing, word for word!! It is not even recent things she has read or heard. She saw a book about Calliou that reminded her of a movie she saw LAST year, and is repeating it over and over!! Any help would be great. Thanks, Rebekah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 A lot of parents of kids on the spectrum see the kids do this under stress and due to anxiety. Did Serena experience any big changes around the time the scripting began? > > Hi, > > I haven't been on here in awhile. Have been busy with life. > > My seven year old daughter, Serena, has started verbal stimming in the last couple of > months. Sometimes I feel so dunced because it took me a while to figure out what she is > doing. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop or redirect this behavior? It is driving us a > little nuts with the constant talking. She is HFA and very bright but of course has issues, as > you all know. She has a fantastic memory and is using it to her advantage by repeating whole > stories. The WHOLE thing, word for word!! It is not even recent things she has read or heard. > She saw a book about Calliou that reminded her of a movie she saw LAST year, and is > repeating it over and over!! > > Any help would be great. > > Thanks, > Rebekah > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Hi Rebekah, My 3.3 yr old does the exact same thing. She does this with nearly anything she has seen on TV, even if she hasn't seen it in months. Lately she has started not only scripting the words, but mimicking the motions of each character. Once she starts scripting, there's no way to stop her until she's completely finished. Like another poster wrote, it has been suggested to me that this is stress related, like the Rainman " who's on first " script he'd repeat when he became frustrated. Perhaps this is true with some children, but it isn't with mine. It's clear my daughter finds scripting enjoyable and does it when she's happy, content and comfortable in her surroundings. I would be more concerned if I didn't see a progression with it. first started scripting while she walked around the house on her tiptoes. Then she started applying the scripts to the appropriate situations. For example, when someone says, " Hi, ! " she'd reply with, " Hi, I'm Dora. This is my friend Boots, " a script straight out of her Dora DVDs. Now she's applying the appropriate body motions. Someone suggested I not fight it or try to change it, but rather join in as she's scripting to try to engage her and encourage her to communicate with me. This has worked on occasion and it's very rewarding. It's like my way of saying to her, " I'm interested in what you're saying and what you're saying is important. " It's my understanding that while this may be frustrating for us parents to witness, it's a good indicator that our very bright little ladies are working hard on fine-tuning their conversational language skills. All the best, > > Hi, > > I haven't been on here in awhile. Have been busy with life. > > My seven year old daughter, Serena, has started verbal stimming in the last couple of > months. Sometimes I feel so dunced because it took me a while to figure out what she is > doing. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop or redirect this behavior? It is driving us a > little nuts with the constant talking. She is HFA and very bright but of course has issues, as > you all know. She has a fantastic memory and is using it to her advantage by repeating whole > stories. The WHOLE thing, word for word!! It is not even recent things she has read or heard. > She saw a book about Calliou that reminded her of a movie she saw LAST year, and is > repeating it over and over!! > > Any help would be great. > > Thanks, > Rebekah > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 I have a 6 year old who has been doing the same thing for the last 3 years. She too has grown better at applying it to the actual situation, although it still doesn't really fit properly many of the times. I think the good thing is that at least she is trying to engage in what she sees as conversation. After saying so very little when she was very young we were actually thrilled when she started doing it. But, I agree it gets old after about the 20th time she has repeated it.(sometimes in the same day) Maybe since we also have 3 teenagers who drive us even crazier with their " smart attitudes talking " we don't mind as much hearing things 20 times. LOL > > > > Hi, > > > > I haven't been on here in awhile. Have been busy with life. > > > > My seven year old daughter, Serena, has started verbal stimming in > the last couple of > > months. Sometimes I feel so dunced because it took me a while to > figure out what she is > > doing. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop or redirect this > behavior? It is driving us a > > little nuts with the constant talking. She is HFA and very bright > but of course has issues, as > > you all know. She has a fantastic memory and is using it to her > advantage by repeating whole > > stories. The WHOLE thing, word for word!! It is not even recent > things she has read or heard. > > She saw a book about Calliou that reminded her of a movie she saw > LAST year, and is > > repeating it over and over!! > > > > Any help would be great. > > > > Thanks, > > Rebekah > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 If it were not for Dora and the Backyardiagans my daughter would have not talked as quickly. She will not let anyone sing along but her. She repeats everything Tasha the little yellow hippo says. She stims off of Yo Gabba Gabba...in which the tell kids not to touch or bite and not to give up. I have to admit all of this kid programming sure gets in my head too. > > > > Hi, > > > > I haven't been on here in awhile. Have been busy with life. > > > > My seven year old daughter, Serena, has started verbal stimming in > the last couple of > > months. Sometimes I feel so dunced because it took me a while to > figure out what she is > > doing. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop or redirect this > behavior? It is driving us a > > little nuts with the constant talking. She is HFA and very bright > but of course has issues, as > > you all know. She has a fantastic memory and is using it to her > advantage by repeating whole > > stories. The WHOLE thing, word for word!! It is not even recent > things she has read or heard. > > She saw a book about Calliou that reminded her of a movie she saw > LAST year, and is > > repeating it over and over!! > > > > Any help would be great. > > > > Thanks, > > Rebekah > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Lynn, My has done the video scripting from the beginning and what has amazed all of us (school included) is how she will take something she heard from a movie and say the " Line " in an appropriate way. The funny thing is that she will say it with the same intonation! There are some really funny ones. Lately, of course because of her birthday looming over us in April, she is saying from PETER PAN= " But I don't want to grow up, mother " . I guess it is that says that. In 's case until recently, she would get very angry and upset if you mentioned anything about growing up to her. I really believe it is the OCD (obsessive complusive disorder) component to all this that is most difficult. They can be so LITERAL. Shanna ('s mom) > > We have a friend with a 9 year old Autistic daughter, and she has Echolalia. > She repeats a lot of what she hears, and quotes movies too. Sometimes it's > not a great thing, because, even though she uses it in context (sort of), > there are times when it can get a little bit touchy. Her dad took her to > ballet lessons a few weeks ago. She asked him for something (not sure > exactly, candy? Who knows….) and when he said `no', she pulled a line from a > movie, " You hurt her Daddy! " , and he said everyone was looking at him like > he had done something to her. It was a little awkward. > > On the flip side, this can sometimes be on the entertaining side. My father > is a limo driver. He used to drive Autistic children, and one of his clients > was a " hard to deal with " young man. My father learned how to connect with > him. This young man's favorite thing was Pan. So when he got into the > car, my father would say to him, " Charlie, tell me about Pan " , and > Charlie would take a deep breath, and start with, " And now…..our feature > presentation…. " And go on to quote the entire movie. My father used to love > it when he had to pick up Charlie. This was many years ago, and he still > runs into Charlie occasionally. When my father found out that Melody was > Autistic, he was almost….I hate to use the word, excited, but….he felt like > he would be able to connect with her because of his experiences with Charlie > and the other Autistic kids that were his clients. Unfortunately, my father > lives in Toronto, and we live in the SF Bay Area, so he has yet to meet > Melody, but we get to talk about her on the phone, and relate different > stories. It's like it connected my father and I again after all these years. > > Lynn Shoop > > www.mycmsite.com/lynnshoop > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 My Annie would use the Magic School Bus program a lot. It seemed to be a way for her to communicate with us. One of her teachers called to tell me about an instance in class where Annie had told her " According to my research " and proceded to tell her about what the subject was they were talking about. I thought it was so cute of her and never tried to stop her from doing this. Any communication from her was most welcome to me. Dianna Annie's facinated mother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 that is of beautiful and even more so beause of the meaning behind of it. Sondra In Autism_in_Girls , " nevaehlopez6 " wrote: > > Her name is HEAVEN spelled backwards. > > NEVAEH- NEE-VA-EAH, LOL! Its kinda hard to write out. > > I can't even remember my own phone #. Pretty amazing! > > > > > > > A sweet little story of a young girl with autism and blindness use > to > > script back to every one the jenny craig commercials of call jenny > at 1 > > 800 xxx-xxxx. it was of funny to me as never learend from her why > that > > script was of used and or how she was of relating it to her world > > around her. > > > > How do you pronounce you dauhgers name is it of nee-ay-va. I to use > to > > script much off the eye witness news and many of the older > commercials > > of my own childhood. The family of me often shared that while > seemed > > preoccupied with things would run to the tv when certain > commercials > > came on. > > > > Sondra > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 What a great idea for a name!!! --- sondra wrote: > that is of beautiful and even more so beause of the > meaning behind of > it. > Sondra > > In Autism_in_Girls , " nevaehlopez6 " > > wrote: > > > > Her name is HEAVEN spelled backwards. > > > > NEVAEH- NEE-VA-EAH, LOL! Its kinda hard to write > out. > > > > I can't even remember my own phone #. Pretty > amazing! > > > > > > > > > > > > A sweet little story of a young girl with autism > and blindness > use > > to > > > script back to every one the jenny craig > commercials of call > jenny > > at 1 > > > 800 xxx-xxxx. it was of funny to me as never > learend from her why > > that > > > script was of used and or how she was of > relating it to her world > > > around her. > > > > > > How do you pronounce you dauhgers name is it of > nee-ay-va. I to > use > > to > > > script much off the eye witness news and many of > the older > > commercials > > > of my own childhood. The family of me often > shared that while > > seemed > > > preoccupied with things would run to the tv when > certain > > commercials > > > came on. > > > > > > Sondra > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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