Re: Questions and pronouns

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Posted By Gaylen on January 24, 2001 at 21:41:08:

In Reply to: Questions and pronouns posted by Heather on January 17, 2001 at 13:40:06:

We found that repetition games and cue cards helped alot with this. We'd put a question and possible answers on cards and take turns playing the "question game." We'd play it for a few minutes several times a day. This worked well for both asking and answering questions and we were able to fade the cards fairly quickly after a few rounds. If you color code them like all questions are on yellow cards and answers are on green, when he gets confused when answering or asking, you could hold up the appropriately-colored card as a subtle cue.

Pronouns have been much more challenging. We tried the "pronoun game" where we did the repetition with "who's is this?" with I, me, mine, your, you, etc cards. If we do it a few times a day constantly, he does well in natural conversation, but we've found if we stop the practicing, he'll always revert back to reversing them especially when excited. I have taught him the sign language for I and U so I can subtly hold it up if he's reversing them. This usually helps him correct it.

I'd be interested in hearing any ideas on this one since it's still a challenge for him.
Gaylen

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Comments:: We found that repetition games and cue cards helped alot with this. We'd put a question and possible answers on cards and take turns playing the "question game." We'd play it for a few minutes several times a day. This worked well for both asking and answering questions and we were able to fade the cards fairly quickly after a few rounds. If you color code them like all questions are on yellow cards and answers are on green, when he gets confused when answering or asking, you could hold up the appropriately-colored card as a subtle cue. : Pronouns have been much more challenging. We tried the "pronoun game" where we did the repetition with "who's is this?" with I, me, mine, your, you, etc cards. If we do it a few times a day constantly, he does well in natural conversation, but we've found if we stop the practicing, he'll always revert back to reversing them especially when excited. I have taught him the sign language for I and U so I can subtly hold it up if he's reversing them. This usually helps him correct it. : I'd be interested in hearing any ideas on this one since it's still a challenge for him. : Gaylen