Ask Special Parents: Speech Strategies
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Speech Strategies
I need some help with a 5 year old with echolalia- it’s getting better but I need some more strategies! Before her speech was unintelligible or straight from the tv. Now, it’s still TV stuff “now on dvd, Disney Junior….” or her own made up stories. Any advice? Cheryl Yaron.
Many great ideas were shared like:
Krystal Espinosa shared this- Have her around you when you’re doing simple things like pouring a glass of juice, making a sandwich, etc… Talk about what you are doing so she starts to repeat in context. This helped my 8 year old and while he still repeats songs and TV, he is using appropriate words when he wants food, help, etc.
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Wonderful “WACKY” Words or Phrases
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My youngest, who is 15 now, singing the Pocahontas theme song “Just around the rubber band” instead of river bend. Out loud, in Wal-Mart. Submitted by Eileen Phelps
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This post originally appeared on our January/February 2013 Magazine
