Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 In a message dated 8/30/04 7:09:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jodyhoffman@... writes: > I feel like I am at my wits end. My 8 Yr. old DD is constantly > engaging in what I call " silly talk " ..asking silly questions about > characters from her favorite TV shows..like " Does Kim Possible have > poopie? " ...Its constant silly questions and comments about TV and > movie characters...when she isnt doing that she is looking at movie > box covers on Ebay... > > She also does a lot of vocal stimming.. > > I just feel like I'm at my wits end.. > > Any advice > > > > When Abby's did this we would say " what do you think " let her answer. And if she asked the same question tell her we talked about that that one is done so lets stop talking about it. often when Abby would try to ask the same question as if to see if the answer was the same. We would say " that one is done. so ...... " and if she kept trying we would just repeat it, then most of the time she would say " stop talking about it, " or you can say lets talk about something else. Often they want to talk but just don't know what to say. So give them a new subject that is interesting to them. Like what your favorite color or something to get them talking about something else. just a thought. hope it helps Abby's dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 We tell Alyssa, " Turn the TV off. " We also ask her, " What is that from? " and she'll tell us what video, and we'll ask her, " Is ______________ here? " and she'll say, " no " . And we encourage her to talk to us about something in the present with us. > I feel like I am at my wits end. My 8 Yr. old DD is constantly > engaging in what I call " silly talk " ..asking silly questions about > characters from her favorite TV shows..like " Does Kim Possible have > poopie? " ...Its constant silly questions and comments about TV and > movie characters...when she isnt doing that she is looking at movie > box covers on Ebay... > > She also does a lot of vocal stimming.. > > I just feel like I'm at my wits end.. > > Any advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 --- I can ask her what show is that from and she will tell me..and I can tell her _______ is " finished " etc. but it only *very* temporarily relieves the issue. My daughter really doesn't know how to converse about " appropriate " topics other than something she wants or needs. Occasionally she comes out with something... " I have OT tomorrow " but its very fleeting. 95% of her attempts to engage with me are this type of " TV Talk " . Its depressing almost to think of her not doing it and being practically mute. On the other hand its so inappropriate and as I said before its starting to drive me nuts. In Autism_in_Girls , " penelope_fam " <bubbetta@h...> wrote: > We tell Alyssa, " Turn the TV off. " > We also ask her, " What is that from? " and she'll tell us what > video, and we'll ask her, " Is ______________ here? " and she'll > say, " no " . And we encourage her to talk to us about something in > the present with us. > > > > I feel like I am at my wits end. My 8 Yr. old DD is constantly > > engaging in what I call " silly talk " ..asking silly questions about > > characters from her favorite TV shows..like " Does Kim Possible > have > > poopie? " ...Its constant silly questions and comments about TV and > > movie characters...when she isnt doing that she is looking at > movie > > box covers on Ebay... > > > > She also does a lot of vocal stimming.. > > > > I just feel like I'm at my wits end.. > > > > Any advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 We're looking at RDI (www.connectionscenter.com) as an intervention in improve Alyssa's interaction. The more stressed Alyssa is, the more she scripts. And have you tried epsom salts baths at all? Its depressing almost to think > of her not doing it and being practically mute. On the other hand > its so inappropriate and as I said before its starting to drive me > nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Hi, We're starting to do RDI and we love the results. The connection we're getting with our daughter is improving all the time. Note that RDI isn't really about language. It's about social connections. The appropriate language comes once the social connections are better established. Today was the first day my daughter was in kindergarten for the full time. She got on the bus this morning and was there for almost 3 hours. On the way home (I pick her up), she told me without any prompting that there is a girl with short hair there, that the teacher read a book (Miss Bloomergarten goes to kindergarten or something like that), and that she fell on the slide and hurt herself. I was *shocked*. She never tells us anything about her day. Then she started with her " funny language " , and I let her. I don't know if it's the RDI or she's growing up, but it was nice to hear her tell me stuff. Inna. Pittsburgh, PA ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 14 Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:32:24 -0000 Subject: Re: Help going in sane! We're looking at RDI (www.connectionscenter.com) as an intervention in improve Alyssa's interaction. The more stressed Alyssa is, the more she scripts. And have you tried epsom salts baths at all? Its depressing almost to think > of her not doing it and being practically mute. On the other hand > its so inappropriate and as I said before its starting to drive me > nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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