Re: scripting movies/dvds... How do you stop/replace/redirect this behavior?

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Scripting is tough. I guess I would see why it's happening - what its

use is - in order to figure it out. For instance, my ds learned to

talk using scripts. If he wanted a drink, once his words came in, he

would rattle off the jingle from commercials or alternately, ask in the

same way as he was taught, often repeating the question instead of the

statement (i.e. he would ask for a drink by saying, " Do you want a

drink? " ). As long as he was communicating, we encouraged it and I

often would redirect his words. Like, " Reece says, 'I want a pepsi. "

He would learn to repeat the phrase in that way. Eventually, it

morphed into normal language and the script part faded out a lot..

Repeating it to calm himself, because he has high anxiety, would mean I

would try to find other ways he could calm himself down. If he is just

repeating things because he is having fun doing it, you might work on a

program to limit when and where he can do it. Tell him he can script

at 8 pm before bed in his room. Or whatever. Or limit it by saying,

" I'm only listening for 1 more minute, then we have to.... " and move

him forward to something else. I also might try asking questions like

maybe, " He was funny when he said that line. What would have happened,

do you think, if he had said this instead? " and gone on to write a new

script. It depends on the child and what he might be getting out of it

as to how I would approach it. Let us know what you try and how it

works!

Roxanna

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

( ) scripting movies/dvds... How do you

stop/replace/redirect this behavior?

For those with kids that scripts from movies,dvds, books alot, what are

some of your strategies that have worked for you, in stopping the

behavior or replacing the behavior with a more appropriate one?

Thanks for any ideas/feedback you can give.