Re: echolalia and program

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Angie,

The program is out there, and is actually alot more intense than what

we're doing. It's supposed to start at 30 questions (10 in each

category), but that just seemed like too much. We ultimately worked

up to three sets of questions, and they did get routine. What we've

moved on to is just the last set of questions/answers (we formulated

them with his teacher for things he needs to know in going through

his day). We've just added a new " what " program and " why " program.

With those programs, you show a picture and say " The duck is

swimmimg. " Then follow with, " What is the duck doing? " Hopefully you

get the full sentence answer " The duck is swimming, " but it does

require some initial prompting (especially of they're not used to

actually answering questions). The " why " program is the similar

( " The girl is crying because she's sad. " " Why is the girl crying? " )

Note that the echolalia program is only supposed to replace the

echoing, not necessarily elicit conversation or specifically foster

social language in and of itself. But, for us, it's laid a good

foundation for moving forward to be able to work on these things, as

well as free him up to be able to show us what he does already know.

Let mw know if you want more detail.

Alaine

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> My son also has echolalia and gets stuck talking about certain

things and topics. Was the program by the SPL desiged just by her?

and does she mostly work with kids with ASD. Are the questions very

scripted? When my son had some ABA in the past, he would really

latch onto the scripted lines taught by the therapist, and I still

hear some of the exact phrases today from a year ago. The therapy

was stopeed last June. This program must have gotten beyond this

somehow? Or maybe it just depends on the child and their response.

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> Angie

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