Guest guest Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 You hit it on the head. My son’s scripting is exactly like a song that you can’t get out of your mind, or a catchy commercial jingle, etc. He tells me that he can’t stop thinking of these things. We also did a break from TV and videos (which he doesn’t watch many of) but then book scripts came into play – these are not things that he has seen recently – they are just catchy little sound bites that he likes. He uses them totally appropriately in conversation too. When he was little, this is how he learned language so it was great. It’s called the gestalt method of learning language in chunks and phrases (kids with hyperlexia have this learning style like my son) It’s also a way to entertain himself as I see the behavior increase during times of boredom – like waiting somewhere. A neuro chiropractor I am seeing told me to keep him away from familiar things and work on constantly exposing him to novel things – that is nearly impossible when you start to do it, because our society is built on patterns and repetition. Actually, most people thrive on sameness and routine – our bodies and minds like rhythm. When you are raising a typical child, you are told that good parenting means creating routines that the child can follow and expect – it also provides a sense of security – like a regular bedtime. I would need a full-time live in person to help me distract him all day with novel things! And I don’t believe that’s ‘natural’. I really want to get the bottom of what’s driving his repetitive thoughts so we can remove the root cause of this issue. J Heidi J From: mb12 valtrex [mailto:mb12 valtrex ] On Behalf Of Walsh Tharp Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 12:55 PM To: mb12 valtrex Subject: Re: movie scripting Has anyone heard of “earworm” – it’s when a song gets stuck in your head? I bet it feels much like scripting. I have had a song from girl scouts from over 25 years ago stuck in my head for months now. As a result of blurting it out whenever it comes to mind, I have successfully taught it to my 3 year old and maybe my son with ASD is not far behind. J Steph T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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