Prompting responses
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| Fri, 02-03-2006 - 4:53pm |
I wasn't quite sure how to title this one! LOL
Even though Nathan is doing well with speech, I find that I still have to prompt him to speak when someone is talking to him. Does this ever get better? I know that the whole "give and take" of conversation is something that is going to take some time for Nathan to accomplish on a regular basis...if at all!!! He may always have difficulty with this anyway, because he's pretty quiet. Not much of a talker. But just simple responses like, yes or no....he won't even do that, unless I prompt him.
He is slowly starting to ask questions about things he doesn't understand. TV shows, books, pictures, the way people behave, and also things that people will say that he just doesn't understand. Although he will only ask, if we're alone.
I'm also able to tell if something is wrong or if something is bothering him, just by looking at him. So I will offer advice to him (whisper in his ear). And he ALWAYS takes me up on it!! But he won't ask me a question or come over to me to tell me that something is wrong. (This is in public, around other people)
So, anyway.....his speech seems better at home. He's been showing lots of improvement. But with other people, he still blocks them out. It seems to me that this is not something that is going to change. If he is comfortable, which is only at home with the 4 of us, he's able to converse and respond almost all the time.
Those of you with older auties/aspies....do you find this to be true?? That no matter how much therapy they receive, speech and conversation will only improve just so much....and then that's it??!!
michelle

Well Kyle hasn't gotten any speech therapy. But Kyle has always been quite outgoing with adults usually. He often doesn't answer questions on topic but he's usually quite chatty.
Samantha