Guest guest Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 This was forwarded to me from a friend of mine who is an RDI consultant. I thought it was fascinating and certainly worth watching, especially for those folks who have language delays with their children. Lori _____ Hi everyone: I just watched this very cool video from the " Ted Talks " online video series. http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word.html?utm_source=newslet ter_weekly_2011-03-15 <http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word.html?utm_source=newsle tter_weekly_2011-03-15 & utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly & utm_medium=email> & utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly & utm_medium=email Here's the synopsis. " MIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned language - so he wired up his house with video cameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son's life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch " gaaaa " slowly turn into " water. " Astonishing, data-rich research with deep implication for how we learn. " It's fascinating to watch (especially the first 10 minutes and then the last two - the video is 20 minutes long). To answer the question " Why were certain words born before others? " he traced each word his son spoke back to early utterances and what he heard from his caregivers. What he found was that his caregivers systematically (and unconsciously) made the language as simple as possible and then slowly brought in more complexity until the word had been learned. He also talks about the " amazing feedback loops " that must be in place for this to happen. Not only was his son learning from the language he was hearing in his environment, the environment (his caregivers) was learning from him. He was giving them feedback that told them how to change their language (scaffold) so he could learn. When I watched this, I immediately thought about how children with autism don't give their parents this needed feedback and look what happens to language (and other development milestones as well). It's not that children with autism can't learn these necessary milestones, they just need more scaffolding from their parents. It's worth watching if you have the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Thanks for sharing! I will try to watch this when I get a chance. We have been doing RDI for the last 2 years with my son, and I feel like it is such a great complement to the protocol. It is helping us to help our son fill in a lot of those " gaps " in social and cognitive development. I can see the little wheels turning in his brain and it's so cool! It's also the ONLY " a-word " related " thing " my husband has done (I literally have taken charge of ALL assessments, medical and therapy interventions, IEPs, IFSPs, etc. except RDI), and I love his involvement with RDI and how he is sooooo naturally good at it. Kristy Nardini Tazzini Stainless Steel Bottles www.tazzini.com kristy@... 858.243.1929 <http://www.facebook.com/tazzinicompany> Find us on Facebook! <http://www.twitter.com/tazzini> Follow us on Twitter! From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Lori Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 3:30 PM Subject: The Birth of a Word This was forwarded to me from a friend of mine who is an RDI consultant. I thought it was fascinating and certainly worth watching, especially for those folks who have language delays with their children. Lori _____ Hi everyone: I just watched this very cool video from the " Ted Talks " online video series. http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word.html?utm_source=newslet ter_weekly_2011-03-15 <http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word.html?utm_source=newsle tter_weekly_2011-03-15 & utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly & utm_medium=email> & utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly & utm_medium=email Here's the synopsis. " MIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned language - so he wired up his house with video cameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son's life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch " gaaaa " slowly turn into " water. " Astonishing, data-rich research with deep implication for how we learn. " It's fascinating to watch (especially the first 10 minutes and then the last two - the video is 20 minutes long). To answer the question " Why were certain words born before others? " he traced each word his son spoke back to early utterances and what he heard from his caregivers. What he found was that his caregivers systematically (and unconsciously) made the language as simple as possible and then slowly brought in more complexity until the word had been learned. He also talks about the " amazing feedback loops " that must be in place for this to happen. Not only was his son learning from the language he was hearing in his environment, the environment (his caregivers) was learning from him. He was giving them feedback that told them how to change their language (scaffold) so he could learn. When I watched this, I immediately thought about how children with autism don't give their parents this needed feedback and look what happens to language (and other development milestones as well). It's not that children with autism can't learn these necessary milestones, they just need more scaffolding from their parents. It's worth watching if you have the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Thanks for sharing. That was fascinating! Robyn From: Lori <lbharris@...> Subject: The Birth of a Word Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 3:30 PM Â This was forwarded to me from a friend of mine who is an RDI consultant. I thought it was fascinating and certainly worth watching, especially for those folks who have language delays with their children. Lori _____ Hi everyone: I just watched this very cool video from the " Ted Talks " online video series. http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word.html?utm_source=newslet ter_weekly_2011-03-15 <http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word.html?utm_source=newsle tter_weekly_2011-03-15 & utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly & utm_medium=email> & utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly & utm_medium=email Here's the synopsis. " MIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned language - so he wired up his house with video cameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son's life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch " gaaaa " slowly turn into " water. " Astonishing, data-rich research with deep implication for how we learn. " It's fascinating to watch (especially the first 10 minutes and then the last two - the video is 20 minutes long). To answer the question " Why were certain words born before others? " he traced each word his son spoke back to early utterances and what he heard from his caregivers. What he found was that his caregivers systematically (and unconsciously) made the language as simple as possible and then slowly brought in more complexity until the word had been learned. He also talks about the " amazing feedback loops " that must be in place for this to happen. Not only was his son learning from the language he was hearing in his environment, the environment (his caregivers) was learning from him. He was giving them feedback that told them how to change their language (scaffold) so he could learn. When I watched this, I immediately thought about how children with autism don't give their parents this needed feedback and look what happens to language (and other development milestones as well). It's not that children with autism can't learn these necessary milestones, they just need more scaffolding from their parents. It's worth watching if you have the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 What is RDI? I tried to watch some YouTube videos but I still don't get it Sent from my iPhone On Mar 17, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Robyn & Greg Coggins <rngcoggs@...> wrote: > Thanks for sharing. That was fascinating! > > Robyn > > > > From: Lori <lbharris@...> > Subject: The Birth of a Word > > Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 3:30 PM > > > > This was forwarded to me from a friend of mine who is an RDI consultant. > > I thought it was fascinating and certainly worth watching, especially for > > those folks who have language delays with their children. > > Lori > > _____ > > Hi everyone: > > I just watched this very cool video from the " Ted Talks " online video > > series. > > http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word.html?utm_source=newslet > > ter_weekly_2011-03-15 > > <http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word.html?utm_source=newsle > > tter_weekly_2011-03-15 & utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly & utm_medium=email> > > & utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly & utm_medium=email > > Here's the synopsis. > > " MIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned > > language - so he wired up his house with video cameras to catch every moment > > (with exceptions) of his son's life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video > > to watch " gaaaa " slowly turn into " water. " Astonishing, data-rich research > > with deep implication for how we learn. " > > It's fascinating to watch (especially the first 10 minutes and then the last > > two - the video is 20 minutes long). > > To answer the question " Why were certain words born before others? " he > > traced each word his son spoke back to early utterances and what he heard > > from his caregivers. What he found was that his caregivers systematically > > (and unconsciously) made the language as simple as possible and then slowly > > brought in more complexity until the word had been learned. > > He also talks about the " amazing feedback loops " that must be in place for > > this to happen. Not only was his son learning from the language he was > > hearing in his environment, the environment (his caregivers) was learning > > from him. He was giving them feedback that told them how to change their > > language (scaffold) so he could learn. > > When I watched this, I immediately thought about how children with autism > > don't give their parents this needed feedback and look what happens to > > language (and other development milestones as well). It's not that children > > with autism can't learn these necessary milestones, they just need more > > scaffolding from their parents. > > It's worth watching if you have the time. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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