Mon 22 May 2006
Surprise…it’s me the sporadic post girl! I feel like we’ve all been chatting a lot lately, so you know what we’ve been working on. The latest has been the “I want _____”, which has taken off in a matter of days. I have been using the gestural cues for “I” to prompt Tony, and using verbal cues only when necessary. Today we began working a little more formally on “yes” responses. Again, using gestural cues first and a phonemic “y” verbal cue when needed. The yes questions that we worked on today were in relation to objects needed to complete different play activities…do you want the pole? do you want the chicken? I think it would be good to use strongly preferred items (cup/turtle) and more aversive items (I don’t know of anything that he really dislikes) to help solidify this concept. Let me know what you think! See you guys tomorrow!
May 24th, 2006 at 10:34 am
Just wanted to post after reading Jill’s. To echo her, a good way to teach “yes” and “no” is to present two items, one highly preferred and the other clearly not preferred, and ask him specific questions (“Do you want chicken?”, etc.) His responses should dictate the consequence (e.g., “yes” should produce the item and “no” should result in removal of the item).
That’s great that Tony is beginning to use utensils and eating “nana”. We probably need to schedule a program update soon to evaluate where we are at with everything………..so email or call to schedule.
Keep up the great work!
Jay