Guest guest Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 > > Carole, > > I don't know how often you are doing speech but once or twice a week is not > enough. We were fortunate in that the speech teacher from the school > district let me sit in on the sessions when she worked with . She was > not trained in ABA, but did it naturally. She found what motivated him and > rewarded it. She did most things in a game form. Unfortunately we were > only given one session a week. So I would borrow her materials like picture > cards etc and work with him daily. > > > > We only had one ABA person a week who was a college student I trained and > she came about three times a week for an hour or two. I would show her what > the speech teacher was working on and she continued it. We also worked on > speech when we were in the swings at the park or going down the grocery > aisles. > > > > The hard part is to keep talking to a kid who doesn't respond, smile at you > or give any indication that they understand what you are saying. But they > do. It takes three years to develop language in a normal child and ours are > ill, so it sometimes takes longer. This is not an uphill climb but rather > ten steps forward and two steps back. It is difficult to watch when you see > them going backwards but try to notice all they have gained to keep yourself > moving forward. Make sure your doc knows what you told us about here. > Your grandson is so lucky to have a grandmother who loves him > unconditionally and is so involved in his care. Please call me if I can > help. Where are you located? > > Marcia > > 805 497-8202 > > Marcia Thanks for your reply would love to talk to you I live in Ohio the time difference never know when is a good time to call you. We did home based program ABA from age 3 til 8 yrs. then stopped consults continued on our own my daughter has a psychology degree taught school then quit her job when Noah was diagnosed. She is great with him she also hired college students to work with him. Now(past 2 yrs.) he is in a school that does this. She has told Dr. G. all the things I mentioned he talks a lot about these things to her. I agree with you about things you can do everyday. I really appreciate all your imput I read your post to my daughter all what you say is so encouraging. Thanks so much Carole > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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