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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 533918" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>here is a tricky thing:</p><p></p><p>If it is language based...then no matter the language, sign language, picture use, verbal...will all be difficultunless you work on the underlying language issues....vocabulary, structure, word finding, etc.</p><p></p><p>If it is Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) based ....affecting the language use...visual language systems could be very helpful even with his verbal skills..... like sign language or use of sentence strips (arranging words or pictures on a sentence strip with velcro and using that to request, comment, express feelings, etc.), or electronic systems (which if they are dedicated language systems can be thousands and thousands of dollars and often insurance requires trials, reports from the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) and signed off by the doctor and I have never seen that pass for a verbal child...except purely echoic kids)...but there are things like iPads and tablets that could be used to help formulate sentences. </p><p></p><p>Some things cross over both issues (how anxiety influences access to the abilities to formulate ideas and requests, etc...)</p><p></p><p>Sign Language wont hurt and you are already using it with Sweet Pea so it could be a natural thing to try with V too, the thing is in general a child will pick the most efficient method and he is so used to verbal language that he may resist something that at least at first takes more effort from his perspective. It would be great if you could up your use of sign language to a more conversational level to see how having that visual form of language impacts him. </p><p></p><p>Young kids do have a very difficult time giving verbal directions, explaining what happened to them in details and the right sequence...they are still at a cognitive level where they assume you can read their minds and fill in the blanks. So the task with the play therapist may have been a little too hard for most four year olds, but you see this with V, even in simpler things and he has many communication frustrations so there is something going on there.</p><p></p><p>Without a competent therapist, investigating how this would impact him could be tricky, but just try little things as long as you are doing it for sweet pea, why not??? (I am still hanging out hope you will get hooked up if they see what you are seeing in that evaluation you are on the waiting list for) How you put some of your concerns in the post here?? Copy that and add it to any future forms that say "what are your concerns"....in the communication section! It was worded well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 533918, member: 12886"] here is a tricky thing: If it is language based...then no matter the language, sign language, picture use, verbal...will all be difficultunless you work on the underlying language issues....vocabulary, structure, word finding, etc. If it is Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) based ....affecting the language use...visual language systems could be very helpful even with his verbal skills..... like sign language or use of sentence strips (arranging words or pictures on a sentence strip with velcro and using that to request, comment, express feelings, etc.), or electronic systems (which if they are dedicated language systems can be thousands and thousands of dollars and often insurance requires trials, reports from the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) and signed off by the doctor and I have never seen that pass for a verbal child...except purely echoic kids)...but there are things like iPads and tablets that could be used to help formulate sentences. Some things cross over both issues (how anxiety influences access to the abilities to formulate ideas and requests, etc...) Sign Language wont hurt and you are already using it with Sweet Pea so it could be a natural thing to try with V too, the thing is in general a child will pick the most efficient method and he is so used to verbal language that he may resist something that at least at first takes more effort from his perspective. It would be great if you could up your use of sign language to a more conversational level to see how having that visual form of language impacts him. Young kids do have a very difficult time giving verbal directions, explaining what happened to them in details and the right sequence...they are still at a cognitive level where they assume you can read their minds and fill in the blanks. So the task with the play therapist may have been a little too hard for most four year olds, but you see this with V, even in simpler things and he has many communication frustrations so there is something going on there. Without a competent therapist, investigating how this would impact him could be tricky, but just try little things as long as you are doing it for sweet pea, why not??? (I am still hanging out hope you will get hooked up if they see what you are seeing in that evaluation you are on the waiting list for) How you put some of your concerns in the post here?? Copy that and add it to any future forms that say "what are your concerns"....in the communication section! It was worded well. [/QUOTE]
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