i would like to know if any of you have to use a lot of verbal prompting on HF kids and are a little verbal. for social stuff, yes (goodbye, comforting a crying child, etc). Not so much for wants and needs type stuff.Yes, for everything. If I don't promt him, 99% fo the time he will just cry and
whine, even though I know what he is probably wanting, I promt him to ask
and then he does and the tears disappear. my son knows what to do,its just that he is stubborn at times and i got to be repeating myself so much. its so exhausting at times,especially when im all stressed and i only have 1 child.
Mary
[QUOTE=fred]for social stuff, yes (goodbye, comforting a crying child, etc). Not so much for wants and needs type stuff.[/QUOTE]
same for Ryan...he struggles with social
Yes Adam needs prompting for mostly Social but if he is having an OFF day then sometimes he needs me to remind him...for instance last night I told him it was bath time and he just stared at me...I waited the 20 seconds for it to process and he still didn't respond so I said it again...finally it registered and he started climbing up the stairs. When he got to the bathtub I needed to prompt him to take his clothes off. This is more rare now that he is older but it still does happen occasionally.
Karrie
To me prompting is second nature now....even before the actual dx......
That would be a perfect....."you know you are the parent of an autistic child when everything you say is pre-empted with " look at me"
or....you know you are the parent of an autisitc child when your hand automatically touches the chin of every child you see in order to turn them in the "proper" direction !
For me....signs are also second nature.....I can't say a word now without adding the sign to it for emphasis !
We prompt for everything, unless he uses PECS to communicate, we still have to prompt for words, wants, needs, and social. Even using the PECS we still have to prompt him to verbally ask for what he wants. [QUOTE=ryansmom][QUOTE=fred]for social stuff, yes (goodbye, comforting a crying child, etc). Not so much for wants and needs type stuff.[/QUOTE]
same for Ryan...he struggles with social
[/QUOTE]My son needs a lot of prompting--to answer people when they talk to him, to remember to wash his hands thoroughly, etc. Sometimes I wonder if I do it too much...
We needed to prompt Sarah too much! Now we are trying to not do it..it is maddening though..those silent long pauses drive me nuts!
I am the worst offender in this area~the therapists get on me all the time for not waiting long enough for her to answer...it's totally automatic for me too.
I need someone to prompt me to not prompt
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