Oh My Goodness!!!!! You are the first person to exactly explain what my son does. I have even stumped his ST over this. I completely understand what you are saying. The st thought that it was just on words that he would have to put his lips together (wash, water, mommy, baby, potty), but it is not, hence the 7 reference.
Like KathyK said, we have been stopping him dead in his tracks and modeling it correctly, sometimes we have to turn his head for him to look. Also we will put his finger on our lips so that he is physically feeling and seeing the modeling. It really does seem to be working for many of the words that he uses a lot (water, wash, mommy), but words that are more rare he is not changing. So, I think he is not understanding the bigger picture on it.
Model the language back to him over and over everytime he says it. Reward
him with good try/ good job when he saids it back. He will learn it correctly
if you model it back. Have everyone elsemodel it back as well. I think it is a
good sign that he is acquiring more language.I'm not sure what this is called, but I'm sure it's "something." Daniel has been trying to say more words some basic nouns and verbs to describe what he sees and what he needs to do. The problem is that they are coming out wrong.
He's always had an issue with not being able to put ending constants on, but now that he's trying to say 2 syllable words, it's become just odd. Some of his new words..
So is there anything I can do to reverse this? I'm not sure if he's thinking of what we said and saying the sounds as he rewinds them in his head. Or even if this is a common occurance? I know I'll need to tell his speech therapist and teacher about it for school, but wondering what I can do NOW since this is how he's learning the words. (He uses the words shwa and tawa alot now that we're potty training.)
Scrambled order! My youngest (NT) is learning English from an obscure Chinese dialect ... she makes many errors due to the structural differences (most words in Chinese start with a hard constant and end on a vowel or soft consonant). No matter how hard I try to get her to repeat some of those words, she goofs!
Examples of her (VERY) consistent errors include "Tspum Bodge," for Sponge Bob, and "Boonts," for SPOON!
Generally I keep modelling the correct pronunciation for her, and she gets it, then reverts to her own ... but eventually she corrects most things.
In her case it is a preconceived idea of word structure.
I think in ASD kids, it is auditory sequencing. Very interesting phenomenon. I wonder if music, rhythm, and other types of auditory activities would be helpful ...
foxl39274.3013310185we did saying words he said, correctly, and using sign language at the same time. we also taught him to sign the words. having something to physically do like a sign when saying a word helps the brain wiring to work a little better and makes speech more hands on, makes them more aware, and gives them the time to think and organize or associate it with the sign.Well, at least I'm not the only one. Most of this has been rather recent, past two weeks or so. I've been attempting to model it, but haven't heard the correct order yet.
My husband thought I was crazy when I told him that "tawa" was water.. He thought it sounded nothing like it. And as he starts saying more words, I keep having to have him repeat them (luckily he understands "What was that?" and "I don't understand.") to hear them again to know what word he's trying to say to model it correctly. And then there are those words I'm still confused on. I know they're real words, but what they are is confusing me.
Oh, another word that would show it's not about putting lips together.. "pizza" apzee. All the sounds are totally jumbled on that. We wouldn't have ever known what it was if he weren't saying it as he held a piece in his hand.
My son did a little of this. Ketchup became kepchut, and even if I modeled it correctly and had him repeat it, it still came out wrong. Another example was using the wrong first letter sound in two word expressions, like Cousin Joe would be Jousin Joe.
He outgrew this by school age.
Good luck with everything.
If I'm not mistaken, this is fairly normal for typical 2 year olds and if your son's a tad delayed, then this is probably okay for now. Shame on your speech therapist for not knowing this! Check out Dr. Brazelton's books Touchpoints:Birth to Age 3 for funky, non medical stuff.
My son would ask Jew-Me?...meaning "can I have some juice for me". My nephew used to wail "Uh-Sigh-Guy! Uh-sigh-guy!" around this age ...he was desperately trying to say take me OUTSIDE, you twits! For that reason alone, one of the firs signs I taught my sons was the one for "outside"!
When I got put on bedrest with my second pregnancy, my DH did all the childcare as soon as he got home. So Cole (2 at the time) stopped calling him Daddy and called him Dammy (morph with Mommy). When i had the baby, and started bathing Cole putting him to bed, etc, DH became Daddy again.
Both boys are verbal, but signing helps even typical toddlers accelerate their speech. They learn the concept that there is actually a name for that thing they want...its not just an abstract idea in their heads. This is a critical step that has to be made before communicative speech can develop. You might give it a spin.
On the modeling, PLEASE IGNORE THE FACT THAT HE SAYS THE WORDS WRONG. Just pretend he said it right, but model it back. When Cole would do JUE-MEE? I'd say, oh, "juice for me, please?" ..."sure, I'll get you some juice. Maybe I'll get some juice for me too!" If you even hint that he is wrong in his delivery, it can zap his confidence and he'll be more reluctant to try. Do model, but be tactful. Again, shame on your speech therapist for not pointing this out! This stuff is like Speech 101 in grad school!
Relax -he's talking! We live in the deep south, and no one can understand half the stuff that pours out of our mouths! He's a baby still...it'll be okay.
LeAnne C39274.9497569444Thanks parents! Well, at least that means he's on the right track. I was just so afraid that he was going to keep saying the words like that. I figured out a new word today.. "Dars" means "Star".. I'd been trying to figure that one out for a while, lol...
I'm just really glad he's saying actual words. Daniel has always been conversational, but it never made any sense. Now maybe he will be able to put actual words to his thoughts. That would be awesome!
my son does this and his first neurologist dx him with speech aparaxia well after discussing this with his st she said NO WAY, its more like his little brain is trying so hard to get the words out that they are getting jumbled, try to make him slow down and repeat and repeat what he is askin correctly, he has started to say things correctly but when he is really excited or overwhelmed you cant a word coming out of himExactally the way my son started to talk at 3 years old! Walmart was "Walk gok" and watermellon was "Wa wa bebek" and popcorn was "pok duk" etc. I had to translate his language and watch for the context of what he was saying. My husband and mother would look at me like I was from Mars. "How on earth can you tell that's what he's saying?" I became an expert on "his language" I modeled the correct way, over and over and over. Now at 6 he can say almost anythng. Some mild articulation problems. He's not quite conversational, but almost. He's answering simple questions like, "What did you do at school today?" "Beads, puzzle, book, play doh, tunnel, paint" and is making simple requests and observations. Just keep it up! Become an expert on your son ! Translate and model! The words will come! He is talking! It's just your job to figure out his language! Best of Luck!
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