Answering Questions

[Guest guest]

I am in the process of " organizing " all of my stuff. I ran across a list of

questions that we are using in our son's program to get him answering

questions (who, what, when, where, why, how). I put each question (or group

of related questions) on index cards. The therapists ask him the questions

randomly throughout his sessions. Using index cards also makes it easy to

have them on hand whereever you are in the house so you can ask them

throughout the day. If anyone would like a copy of my list, email me and I

will send it to you.

Yours,

Mickey

[Guest guest]

nods his head when we tell him to say yes (while he is saying

it--actually, he says it backwards " sey " ). But shakes his head no when he says

it--which is quite often & well! He points to what he is talking about if he

thinks

we aren't understanding him, or if it is something far away. If you ask him

" What is this? " He will say " cat " . But if you say " is this a cat? " he will

say " cat " , If you say " Is this a cat or a dog? " he will say " dog " even though

he knows full well it is a cat! Is that what you were talking about w/ the

saying it because it is the last word of the sentence? His SLP wants us to just

keep practicing it. She thinks he will pick up on it because he picks up on

things pretty quick. Although this seems to be the hardest one for him yet.

Thanks for your insight!

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" If you ask him

> " What is this? " He will say " cat " . But if you say " is this a

cat? " he will

> say " cat " , If you say " Is this a cat or a dog? " he will

say " dog " even though

> he knows full well it is a cat! Is that what you were talking

about "

-That's exactly what I meant! Just say the " choice " answer

words over and over slow and watch - he will cut in with the answer

when he is ready. It takes them time because if they have to motor

plan it while you are saying the other answer it sometimes messes

them up. You I'm sure can tell it's hard for him just by watching

his face when he tries to get the answer out.

Give him time -in most cases they know the answer but with apraxic

children they need a bit more time and lots of help.

Try next time asking the question and then when you are done softly

and clearly say " cat.....dog.....cat.....dog.....cat.... " while he

is thinking.

This doesn't happen with Tanner anymore, so it is something they can

learn to overcome.

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[Guest guest]

sounds like my son, if you say, " yes or no? " he'll say no

but if you say, " no or yes? " he'll say yes

lori

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Lori-

What are you all doing to help it, if anything? How old is he?

In a message dated 8/9/2003 7:54:03 PM Central Standard Time, boomr3@...

writes:

> sounds like my son, if you say, " yes or no? " he'll say no

> but if you say, " no or yes? " he'll say yes

> lori

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[Guest guest]

Yes, , I do! I view things a lot differently now that I

know my son has apraxia, and I do sometimes wonder whether it's the

age or the [severe] apraxia... or even something else.

We've been focusing a lot lately on encouraging him to say " I - want -

x " . He's getting better at this, but it still sounds very forced

and broken (if you know what I mean). So, now, we are also

encouraging him to answer " yes " to questions where I know he wants

something.

It'll usually go something like this:

my son: whine whine whine for something

me: What do you want?

my son: " I... ant... milt. "

me: Do you want milk?

my son: does nothing

me: Say " YES! "

my son: wes

me: I give him the milk.

Tammy

> Thanks Tammy!

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> I guess it isn't as unusual as I thought, which makes me feel

better. We

> have been asking him " do you want... " and making him say " yes "

before we give it

> to him and it seems to have helped. Is it just me, or at age 2 1/2

do you

> have a hard time figuring out what they are having problems with or

if it is the

> age?

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[Guest guest]

He and sound JUST ALIKE! Same age, working on the same things, even

the way they say " want " ! You mentioned the sounding broken...'s 2 word

phrases are sounding more natural now, but his 3 and 4 are still very broken

(but

we are VERY BLESSED to have them!). My brother described it like a computer

recording! Hopefully when he is more comfortable w/ them, it will improve

also.

[Guest guest]

Hey !

It's nice chatting with somebody who has similar issues with a same-

aged child. What is 's diagnosis and when was he

diagnosed? Max was diagnosed at 27 months with severe verbal

apraxia. We're getting him evaluated today for sensory issues by an

occupational therapist, so I'm interested to hear what they say.

Otherwise, no known other issues at this time.

There are some phrases that are very natural and flowing for Max...

like " I don't know. " or " Where's Daddy? " or " There he is. " . Others,

where he has to work at it (like " I want milk. " ), are where he sounds

more broken. So, like you, I hope that it becomes less broken with

more time and with him saying it more naturally.

With apraxia, it's amazing how much more appreciative I am about

these types of speech milestones.

Tammy

> He and sound JUST ALIKE! Same age, working on the same

things, even

> the way they say " want " ! You mentioned the sounding

broken...'s 2 word

> phrases are sounding more natural now, but his 3 and 4 are still

very broken (but

> we are VERY BLESSED to have them!). My brother described it like a

computer

> recording! Hopefully when he is more comfortable w/ them, it will

improve

> also.

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