Some basic questions about Speech therapy

[Guest guest]

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Just a thought.

Could he have been confused by the word " into " ? It sounds sort of like

" goingin to " when you hear it run together. Could he have been stumped by

what he thought was " What grade are you going to? " ... since he's not in

school right now, he wouldn't have known what to answer then.

I have a hearing loss, and when my kids talk to me with their backs turned

or mumble it can sound like something so different to me. We always have a

good laugh because to make my point that they need to speak clearly to me,

I'll repeat what it SOUNDED like they said. Half of the time it's something

really crazy. Sometimes they sound like Charlie Brown's teacher.

Caroline

[Guest guest]

I recommend looking into RDI and the declarative language theories. When you

start RDI, the first thing you are told is you need to start speaking to your

ASD child as if they are typical (80% declarative language vs. the 80%

imparative that is typically spoken to ASD kids).

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meljackmom <meljackmom@...> wrote:

For many phone consults now, Dr G has been saying " go back " to the

old CD-roms and tell the SLP to " go back " and be sure my son has the

basics of speech he missed when his brain was not working as well.

I need help doing this if anyone has tips. I have done some of this

with some games/books. But I do not realize until we are in a

situation that my son is stumped.

Example:

We were at the library yesterday, and my son wanted to play in the

computer lab. He went to the desk where you sign up for a

computer. He waited in line (better than ever).

The lady behind the desk said May I help you.

He said " I would like a computer "

She asked his name

He said Jack

She asked him " what grade are you going into "

Silence

She said " are you going to be in kindergarten? "

He said " I just was in Kindergarten "

She said " so, are you going to be in 1st grade? "

He said " Yes! "

So here is my question...

Do you think he did not understand " what grade are you going into " ?

Something about this phrasing? He knows darn well he is going to be

in 1st grade. Even today I asked....what grade are you going to be

in next year? He said 1st grade.

Or could he not " picture the future " ?

This communication is our biggest hurdle...I need to be doing

something different but not exactly sure what. If anyone else has

expeienced similar communication issues would love some pointers,

for me and the SLP.

Thanks a bunch

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[Guest guest]

Caroline

That's a good point!

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How old is Jack? My NT niece and nephew have had issues with answering

questions not phrased a specific way as well...they are five (the

nephew will be six in August). So I am not convinced this isn't an

issue many of our young children face that are verbal. My two cents.

Kristie

[Guest guest]

I know my son takes everything literally. I often see him looking

stumped over the way we phrase things and then I think of how he might

be taking it. Then I try to re-phrase the sentence and then explain to

him that this is how people communicate sometimes. " What grade are you

going into? " I can see how this stumped him, he could of been thinking

about a test grade for example and how can you go into a grade A or B? I

hope this makes sense. This happened with my son the other day and when

I realized how he might have been thinking of it, it made me laugh. I

wish I had the exact situation for you. Hope this helps, Jerri

[Guest guest]

Interesting how everyone hit on the same theme...the phrasing of the

question. And I like that idea of asking or stating things in 2-3

phrases. Maybe this is our re-learning...giving all types of words

and phrases for the situations. And like you said Jeri, my son is

totally literal too. And ending a question with a preposition maybe

was just too much open-endedness...what grade are you going into

next year...may have been more finite.

RDI...I know I have heard of it but what is it?

Thanks for everyones help.

Oh and Jack is 6 1/2.

>

> I know my son takes everything literally. I often see him looking

> stumped over the way we phrase things and then I think of how he

might

> be taking it. Then I try to re-phrase the sentence and then

explain to

> him that this is how people communicate sometimes. " What grade are

you

> going into? " I can see how this stumped him, he could of been

thinking

> about a test grade for example and how can you go into a grade A

or B? I

> hope this makes sense. This happened with my son the other day and

when

> I realized how he might have been thinking of it, it made me

laugh. I

> wish I had the exact situation for you. Hope this helps, Jerri

>

[Guest guest]

i think he means to go back to the earlier dev'l

stages and reteach, filling in the missing pieces.

then you have the proper foundation laid to bring them

up to grade level. my son is 15 but needs 1st grade

materials at times i'm finding. in other things, he

is in higher levels. very swiss cheese.

--- meljackmom <meljackmom@...> wrote:

> For many phone consults now, Dr G has been saying

> " go back " to the

> old CD-roms and tell the SLP to " go back " and be

> sure my son has the

> basics of speech he missed when his brain was not

> working as well.

>

> I need help doing this if anyone has tips. I have

> done some of this

> with some games/books. But I do not realize until

> we are in a

> situation that my son is stumped.

>

> Example:

> We were at the library yesterday, and my son wanted

> to play in the

> computer lab. He went to the desk where you sign up

> for a

> computer. He waited in line (better than ever).

> The lady behind the desk said May I help you.

> He said " I would like a computer "

> She asked his name

> He said Jack

> She asked him " what grade are you going into "

> Silence

> She said " are you going to be in kindergarten? "

> He said " I just was in Kindergarten "

> She said " so, are you going to be in 1st grade? "

> He said " Yes! "

>

> So here is my question...

> Do you think he did not understand " what grade are

> you going into " ?

> Something about this phrasing? He knows darn well

> he is going to be

> in 1st grade. Even today I asked....what grade are

> you going to be

> in next year? He said 1st grade.

>

> Or could he not " picture the future " ?

>

> This communication is our biggest hurdle...I need to

> be doing

> something different but not exactly sure what. If

> anyone else has

> expeienced similar communication issues would love

> some pointers,

> for me and the SLP.

>

> Thanks a bunch

>

>

>

>

>

Barb Katsaros

barbkatsaros@...

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