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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 429304" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Don't tell him it's about speech or language. If this is sufficiently confusing for you to need to ask us, how much less will he understand? Just keep it general. "We are doing this to try to see what we can do to help make your days at school more productive and enjoyable for you."</p><p></p><p>A lot of what she was doing was testing articulation, language and logical sequencing. These all need to be explored so she knows where best to work with him. The picture sequencing - it involves the ability to recognise and re-tell a story. Not being able to repeat a sentence when he is unfamiliar with the meaning of the words - interesting. difficult child 3 was like this. He had to learn a wood and the meaning of it, before he could say it himself. The really weird thing - he had to learn it first by reading it. Once he could read it and at the same time know its meaning, he could then use the word verbally. That is a facet of hyperlexia.</p><p></p><p>J not understanding the sequence of events - it's a maturity problem, it's also (I think) connected to theory of mind. Very young children, not just autistic children, have problems sometimes with theory of mind. It's a bit like Piaget's Conservation of Mass etc experiments. He knows it's gym day, has poor concept of sequence of time and events and is incredibly egocentric (the entire world exists only for his personal needs to be met). Again, egocentricity is normal in younger children. It persists longer in Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) than for other kids, but they can eventually "get it".</p><p></p><p>Give this therapist a chance to see what she can do.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 429304, member: 1991"] Don't tell him it's about speech or language. If this is sufficiently confusing for you to need to ask us, how much less will he understand? Just keep it general. "We are doing this to try to see what we can do to help make your days at school more productive and enjoyable for you." A lot of what she was doing was testing articulation, language and logical sequencing. These all need to be explored so she knows where best to work with him. The picture sequencing - it involves the ability to recognise and re-tell a story. Not being able to repeat a sentence when he is unfamiliar with the meaning of the words - interesting. difficult child 3 was like this. He had to learn a wood and the meaning of it, before he could say it himself. The really weird thing - he had to learn it first by reading it. Once he could read it and at the same time know its meaning, he could then use the word verbally. That is a facet of hyperlexia. J not understanding the sequence of events - it's a maturity problem, it's also (I think) connected to theory of mind. Very young children, not just autistic children, have problems sometimes with theory of mind. It's a bit like Piaget's Conservation of Mass etc experiments. He knows it's gym day, has poor concept of sequence of time and events and is incredibly egocentric (the entire world exists only for his personal needs to be met). Again, egocentricity is normal in younger children. It persists longer in Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) than for other kids, but they can eventually "get it". Give this therapist a chance to see what she can do. Marg [/QUOTE]
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