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<blockquote data-quote="Ktllc" data-source="post: 533905" data-attributes="member: 11847"><p>The thing about V: he is VERY verbal. He could talk in sentences at 12 months old. But yet, his communication is not always very effective. I often have to guess what he means. Formulating an idea is hard. He uses LOTS of gesture to compensate. </p><p>His playtherapist played a game with him: he had to only use his words and tell her what to pick up and where to set the different parts of a plastic cheese burger. The end results was supposed to be a fully assembled cheese burger on a plate. When asked not to use his hands, he used his feet, when asked not to uses his hands or feets, he used his head! All she could get out of him was "take this, put it there. No take that, put it like this"etc. When it was his turn to listen and execute, he had no clue what to grab or how to position the elements. It was like a guessing game for him. </p><p>He cannot express feelings and I just realized he has a hard time understanding other people's feelings. The latest example: V is soaked in pee this morning. He is just standing there next to his bed while I take the sheets off. I asked him a million times to takes his pj's off. I also used gestures, pulled a bit on his clothes to give extra clues. I really did not want to touch the soaked fabric and I think he is old enough to do it himself. He just stood there and I got upset. Then he starts crying saying I'm mad at him. I tell him that indeed I'm upset and ask him why. His answer: "I don't know. You're mad at me". He had honestly no clue why he was being yelled at! sigh... it is just baffling to me.</p><p>I don't know how relevant augmentative communication systems would be for V as he can speak. It takes being with V for a while before one can realize something is off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ktllc, post: 533905, member: 11847"] The thing about V: he is VERY verbal. He could talk in sentences at 12 months old. But yet, his communication is not always very effective. I often have to guess what he means. Formulating an idea is hard. He uses LOTS of gesture to compensate. His playtherapist played a game with him: he had to only use his words and tell her what to pick up and where to set the different parts of a plastic cheese burger. The end results was supposed to be a fully assembled cheese burger on a plate. When asked not to use his hands, he used his feet, when asked not to uses his hands or feets, he used his head! All she could get out of him was "take this, put it there. No take that, put it like this"etc. When it was his turn to listen and execute, he had no clue what to grab or how to position the elements. It was like a guessing game for him. He cannot express feelings and I just realized he has a hard time understanding other people's feelings. The latest example: V is soaked in pee this morning. He is just standing there next to his bed while I take the sheets off. I asked him a million times to takes his pj's off. I also used gestures, pulled a bit on his clothes to give extra clues. I really did not want to touch the soaked fabric and I think he is old enough to do it himself. He just stood there and I got upset. Then he starts crying saying I'm mad at him. I tell him that indeed I'm upset and ask him why. His answer: "I don't know. You're mad at me". He had honestly no clue why he was being yelled at! sigh... it is just baffling to me. I don't know how relevant augmentative communication systems would be for V as he can speak. It takes being with V for a while before one can realize something is off. [/QUOTE]
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