Comments on: Shining More and More! Quarterly IEP Report http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2009/03/31/shining-more-and-more-quarterly-iep-report/ Parenting, Autism, and the Pursuit of Being Awesome Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:51:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tim http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2009/03/31/shining-more-and-more-quarterly-iep-report/comment-page-1/#comment-22376 Tim Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:06:57 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=731#comment-22376 The J-Man is almost five now, so that makes some difference in speech ability perhaps. His sentences are not really sentences in the more traditional sense. He says a syllable, we repeat that syllable, he moves on to the next syllable, we repeat that one, and so on until we form a sentence. And those sentences are most of the time "I want ______". We're just now working toward varying it up a lot more. It comes an inch at a time, but we do feel like we're making progress. Picture communication has made a world of difference, though. It's unlocked a wide array of avenues for communication for us. I personally feel scared to death of chelation, but that's a whole other issue. Both our kids learn tons from Signing Time. I know lots of families who use YouTube as part of their teaching, so I don't think that's crazy at all. If we had some way of streaming it to our TV, we might try that. Maybe that new Apple iTV thing will be worth exploring in that regard! The J-Man is almost five now, so that makes some difference in speech ability perhaps. His sentences are not really sentences in the more traditional sense. He says a syllable, we repeat that syllable, he moves on to the next syllable, we repeat that one, and so on until we form a sentence. And those sentences are most of the time “I want ______”. We’re just now working toward varying it up a lot more. It comes an inch at a time, but we do feel like we’re making progress. Picture communication has made a world of difference, though. It’s unlocked a wide array of avenues for communication for us.

I personally feel scared to death of chelation, but that’s a whole other issue.

Both our kids learn tons from Signing Time. I know lots of families who use YouTube as part of their teaching, so I don’t think that’s crazy at all. If we had some way of streaming it to our TV, we might try that. Maybe that new Apple iTV thing will be worth exploring in that regard!

]]> By: Kirsten http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2009/03/31/shining-more-and-more-quarterly-iep-report/comment-page-1/#comment-22327 Kirsten Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:33:54 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=731#comment-22327 Its amazing what our kids have in common. My son Dalton turned 3 in June, and about the only difference between our sons' behaviors is that Dalton will initiate or jump into play with other kids (amazing, they all tell me), he makes a noticeable amount of eye contact even with some select strangers now (DMSA chelation really brought that one out, practically overnight!), but your son is speaking better...even with speech therapy once and then upped to twice a week for the past year, my son isnt saying any sentences. We get maybe two words and thats about it, and not often at that. I dont know if your son is as visual as mine, but I have had really good luck with teaching him on Youtube! Sounds crazy, I know, but it works! In a week and a half, my kid learned his ABCs, 123s and then went on to colors and shapes! Just set up an account on there and start playing some of those learning videos (www.wearebusybeavers.com has samples on there that you can play that are wonderful if your son likes cartoons). Just browse youtube for words like toddler learning, alphabet, counting or numbers, etc...and set up a playlist. Its magic, I tell ya! But I wish there was more stuff for video modeling...my kid really pays attention to what other kids are doing. We have been playing a hair cutting vid modeling clip to try to get him to be ok with cutting.....it seems to help a little. Its amazing what our kids have in common. My son Dalton turned 3 in June, and about the only difference between our sons’ behaviors is that Dalton will initiate or jump into play with other kids (amazing, they all tell me), he makes a noticeable amount of eye contact even with some select strangers now (DMSA chelation really brought that one out, practically overnight!), but your son is speaking better…even with speech therapy once and then upped to twice a week for the past year, my son isnt saying any sentences. We get maybe two words and thats about it, and not often at that.

I dont know if your son is as visual as mine, but I have had really good luck with teaching him on Youtube! Sounds crazy, I know, but it works! In a week and a half, my kid learned his ABCs, 123s and then went on to colors and shapes! Just set up an account on there and start playing some of those learning videos (www.wearebusybeavers.com has samples on there that you can play that are wonderful if your son likes cartoons). Just browse youtube for words like toddler learning, alphabet, counting or numbers, etc…and set up a playlist. Its magic, I tell ya! But I wish there was more stuff for video modeling…my kid really pays attention to what other kids are doing. We have been playing a hair cutting vid modeling clip to try to get him to be ok with cutting…..it seems to help a little.

]]> By: blake http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2009/03/31/shining-more-and-more-quarterly-iep-report/comment-page-1/#comment-4581 blake Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:47:40 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=731#comment-4581 YAY J-MAN! This is so wonderful to hear. The hard work from both of you as well as him is visible in these reports. I love the "I WANT _______" sentences. Those are just about Little Bug's only sentences and he does the same thing- the volume increases until the desired response is received. YAY J-MAN! This is so wonderful to hear. The hard work from both of you as well as him is visible in these reports.

I love the “I WANT _______” sentences. Those are just about Little Bug’s only sentences and he does the same thing- the volume increases until the desired response is received.

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