Re: dyspraxia - how do you teach to nod yes and shake head no

October 3, 2008

We just got our son (who was 5 at the time)to start shaking his heaad

last year. We literally put our hands on either side of his head and

would gently help him turn his head side to side while we said NO. We

would do this of course as an answer to a question we knew he would

want to say NO for. Once he learned this (very quickly...in less than

a week), we stuck with just NO shaking for about two weeks to make

sure he was doing it on his own. Then, we did the same technique for

yes. We'd hold out things we knew he wanted (i.e. a snack, toy,

movie) and say " Do you want a snack? " and the therapist would help

him shake his head YES. We'd all say YES, VERY GOOD! Then of course,

give the snack. He caught on quickly. Wish I did this years ago!

It's been very helpful, although at times he'll give me the wrong

head shake. Still sooooo much better than not at all.

>

> My two boys have severe global dyspraxia. To the point that it has

made it very hard to teach sign and they are non verbal. When they

want something and the answer is yes to my question, they will

sign " more " . How do I teach them to nod their head when they want

something and to shake their head " no " when they don't?

>

> One boy has finally learned how to point. Yay!!! And he will

point to let us know something but I would really love to move on

from the one sign " more " to learning to nod and shake head " no " .

>

> Dana

> and Garrett, just turned 4, SCD 2 years

> Celiac, ASD, Speech and Motor Apraxia, sensory processing disorder

>

October 3, 2008

Have you looked into aug comm devices yet? If he can point, then the one who

can do this should be able to use an aug comm device. An slp woud evaluate

him for the most appropriate device.

Here is a link for one manufacturer..they have the vanguard and the spring

board.

http://store.prentrom.com/cgi-bin/store/SB2-AEN.html

sl

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From: dana pope <danamichellepope@...>

Subject: [ ] dyspraxia - how do you teach to nod " yes " and

shake head " no "

Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 4:28 PM

My two boys have severe global dyspraxia. To the point that it has made it very

hard to teach sign and they are non verbal. When they want something and the

answer is yes to my question, they will sign " more " . How do I teach them to nod

their head when they want something and to shake their head " no " when they

don't?

One boy has finally learned how to point. Yay!!! And he will point to let us

know something but I would really love to move on from the one sign " more " to

learning to nod and shake head " no " .

Dana

and Garrett, just turned 4, SCD 2 years

Celiac, ASD, Speech and Motor Apraxia, sensory processing disorder

October 3, 2008

My boys are very sensory seeking and when teachers try to use this in school,

they noticed that the boys would just push the buttons to hear the " sound "

which were things like " I want to eat " and " I want to drink " They suggested not

using it because it was too distracting and work more on learning to sign.

Dana

and Garrett, just turned 4, SCD 2 years

Celiac, ASD, Speech and Motor Apraxia, sensory processing disorder

From: dana pope <danamichellepope>

Subject: [childrensapraxiane t] dyspraxia - how do you teach to nod " yes " and

shake head " no "

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Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 4:28 PM

My two boys have severe global dyspraxia. To the point that it has made it very

hard to teach sign and they are non verbal. When they want something and the

answer is yes to my question, they will sign " more " . How do I teach them to nod

their head when they want something and to shake their head " no " when they

don't?

One boy has finally learned how to point. Yay!!! And he will point to let us

know something but I would really love to move on from the one sign " more " to

learning to nod and shake head " no " .

Dana

and Garrett, just turned 4, SCD 2 years

Celiac, ASD, Speech and Motor Apraxia, sensory processing disorder

October 3, 2008

Thank you! This is what I need to do then. Good idea to have someone help them

nod their head while some else is asking the question. I know my boys can learn

it because they eagerly sign " more' when they want something and when they

really, really want something, they pound their fists together in the more

sign. It is cute. But I really wanted to move on to teach the yes and no.

So, we will work on " yes " first. Thanks so much, again!

Dana

and Garrett, just turned 4, SCD 2 years

Celiac, ASD, Speech and Motor Apraxia, sensory processing disorder

From: tommysmommy67 <missy@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: dyspraxia - how do you teach to nod " yes " and

shake head " no "

Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 6:33 PM