Imitation

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Hi everyone~

I have another question. I have an IEP coming up soon, and I'm trying

desperately to find different interventions that I think might work for

my son. He is 7 years old, has no functional communication (although he

can say a couple of words like daddy, ma-ma, baby), and has SIBs. I've

been told that one of our biggest barriers in educating him and getting

him to communicate is his lack of imitation. I recently came across an

article about a Lovaas-style therapy called Reciprocal Imitation

Training, and I was wondering if anyone has heard of this, used this,

or knows of anyone who does this type of therapy. If not, but you know

of a different intervention that can help a child learn to imitate, I

would love to hear about it.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

is this verbal communication only, or does it include PECs, or signing?

From: sList [mailto:sList ] On Behalf Of hernandoautismSent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 9:42 AMTo: sList Subject: Imitation

Hi everyone~ I have another question. I have an IEP coming up soon, and I'm trying desperately to find different interventions that I think might work for my son. He is 7 years old, has no functional communication (although he can say a couple of words like daddy, ma-ma, baby), and has SIBs. I've been told that one of our biggest barriers in educating him and getting him to communicate is his lack of imitation. I recently came across an article about a Lovaas-style therapy called Reciprocal Imitation Training, and I was wondering if anyone has heard of this, used this, or knows of anyone who does this type of therapy. If not, but you know of a different intervention that can help a child learn to imitate, I would love to hear about it. Thanks,______________________________________________________________________This email has been scanned by the Broward Health Email Security System.______________________________________________________________________

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Other than music therapy which often helps with the development of communication and socialization skills, there is Mand therapy. A form of behavioral training that uses prompting and reinforcing requests for items (referred to as mands). For example, teaching someone to clap hands to ask for a glass of milk is mand training. http://autism.healingthresholds.com/research/generalized-imitation-and-the-maI have only been told about Mand therapy and read about it at the following site. I myself have no real experience with it. alelo was working on a 3-D therapy that sounded promising. You might consider contacting them for information. http://www.alelo.com/autism.htmlAlso, this company has a DVD etc. that is good. (unfortunately I gave mine away and can't pass it on to

you.)http://www.launchintolearning.org/autism_parents.php?aba_therapy=currentHope this info helps. G.Subject: ImitationTo: sList Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 9:42 AM

Hi everyone~

I have another question. I have an IEP coming up soon, and I'm trying

desperately to find different interventions that I think might work for

my son. He is 7 years old, has no functional communication (although he

can say a couple of words like daddy, ma-ma, baby), and has SIBs. I've

been told that one of our biggest barriers in educating him and getting

him to communicate is his lack of imitation. I recently came across an

article about a Lovaas-style therapy called Reciprocal Imitation

Training, and I was wondering if anyone has heard of this, used this,

or knows of anyone who does this type of therapy. If not, but you know

of a different intervention that can help a child learn to imitate, I

would love to hear about it.

Thanks,