Re: Help With Constant Self-Talk

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Lynette, I am still waiting for an answer for proper dosage. Rose

Re: [ ] Re: Help With Constant Self-Talk

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> Some kids, however, use the " self-talk " to block out other people. They

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> " pretend " forever, with their backs to the world.

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> My daughter was like this. We used behavioral methods to discourage self

> talk when it was interfering with what we were trying to teach. At the

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> time it is a good way for a child who has not used a lot of language to

> " practice " speaking, much the way that typical babies do with babbling

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> jargon.

> It is true to an extent that functional speech will replace a lot of

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> talk. However, it is still a behavior we see sometimes that tells us

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> she has probably had too much gluten or is re-acting to a round of

> chelation. At this point I can tell her to stop or to think in her head

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> she will stop.

> We have always tried to gain control over her stims behaviorally even

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> we are aware of what is actually going on. Knowing there is a reason for

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> behavior doesn't necessarily make it ok.

> The approach one takes really depends on the individual, where they are

> developmentally and what kinds of intervention they are recieving.

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> I have seen DMAE and molybdenum work miracles in such cases. Knowing

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> what I didn't know then, I think either/both are worth trying in kids

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> mine who actively avoided people.

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> I wish I had known this back then too! Good post Dana

> Lynette

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[Guest guest]

My son repeated entire tv scripts and movies word for word.....He was alone

alot(except for me)and would not carry on a conversation but had alot of

echololia. This is good because it indicates that " YES " your child does have

language.This was when he was 4, he's now almost 7 and that self-talk has

disappeared. R