Guest guest Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 In a message dated 5/12/04 9:37:56 PM Central Daylight Time, writes: > Now Barbara Doyle recently talked about using " power signs " . They are > > stop, get away, refuse, afraid, and confuse. knows stop and afraid and > we > are going to begin with seeing he uses stop and refuse. " Stop " so he can > tell someone to stop bothering him, he just doesn't always do that. > " Refuse " so > when he doesn't want to do something, instead of getting upset, will sign > " refuse " and staff are to respect his decision. > > Laurie happy things are going well, do something for yourself when Mic is > gone to school. Sure you will enjoy the other workshops. Always so much to > > learn. We are going to a seminar Friday on Housing Options for the > Developmentally Disabled. More and more talk about different ways families > have developed a > home for their son or daughter. The ARC of IL included some sessions on > this > at their recent conference. Louise in IL Mom to 41, DS, HI, ASD. Louise, Those are great ideas. I think though that for a little tyke starting out " more " is quite vague. But, if they get the concept it can be quite empowering. I remember when I worked in residential care we had a guy who was 17 and didn't speak. Unfortunately he would comply with staff even if it pushed him over the edge into aggression and self-injury. We worked hard on the idea of sitting down and refusing to move if he had to rather than hurting himself or someone else. Yes, there were situations where he may have sat in the road or refused to leave during a fire or something BUT once staff realized that when he " sat down " it meant he was losing it they really worked hard to talk him through the stress and manage the situation without escalation. Sometimes we focus so much on compliance we forget that everyone needs to be able to refuse. Karyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 hmm, nathan's first sign was the " more " sign It was the only form of communication he did with us at ages 2-3yrs, and he is 12 now and gabbers up a storm, cant always understand him but he talks most of the time and rarely uses sign anymore, he dropped it withmore and more speech he has accomplished. I thought that this was the goal, plus it lowers behavior problems caused by communication difficulties. More is any easy word that make senxe hence build from there. shawna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 I remember when our daughter was teaching her first child sign as an infant the more and finished signs were so helpful. But, her mother-in-law was afraid if she used sign she wouldn't speak, you can guess that wasn't true in this case. There are some books out there and I have seen some TV programs of using sign with infants until they get speech. Being able to express what you want is very powerful. Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 In a message dated 5/13/2004 4:11:02 PM Central Daylight Time, KVanRyzin@... writes: once staff realized that when he " sat down " it meant he was losing it they really worked hard to talk him through the stress and manage the situation without escalation. Good thoughts Karyn, great someone was able to think what this meant and then worked to help the person. Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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