[quote="Ilka"]Dear Brooke, Rolzup never said the kid is non-verbal. She said, actually "He's very good at asking for things, using clearly articulated words.", so he is verbal. And I am not saying he's being stubborn, just that sometimes when they fully understand the consequences or their actions they are more prompt to stand a little pain because they know if they dont what the consequences are gonna be. It worked for us with our little Aspie, and my Aspie husband always insistec in explaining everything to her until she fully understood the consequences. I think it works. It does not work all the time, but in our case it helped about 50% of the time, do its worth trying.
I hear what your saying and I'm glad that this worked for your aspie! But what works for an aspie isn't necessarily going to work for a 3.5 year old Autie. Although they might be able to clearly articulate and ask for things that they need their language is still very delayed, first/then and if/then and multiple step commands are still really hard concepts for them to understand. Sometimes I think parents of aspies really underestimate the communication challenges with Auties at this age. Even if the child is HFA, the communication barriers can be huge until the speech catches up. Sometimes I think that a seperate discussion forum for parents with kiddo's who are a bit more severe ASD would be helpful. I know there's a sticky tread at the top of parents forum for kids with classic autism/PPD NOS and speech delays.
23 Aug 2011, 3:52 pm
