tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post5341623348501184695..comments2024-02-24T19:30:31.240-05:00Comments on Aut-2B-Home in Carolina: Overview of the Association MethodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-69772854476146725142009-06-11T16:01:26.816-04:002009-06-11T16:01:26.816-04:00I am the beginning of the journey - my son is goin...I am the beginning of the journey - my son is going to be 6 years old in August. He's been in an ABA program since he was 20 months old. I just learned about the Asscoiation Method and am trying to get all the info I can on it! It sounds like a promising program for him to use in conjunction with his ABA program. He has apraxia and is non-verbal (no clear words). Thank you for the info on your blog!Hanakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604265894459281793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-17592091532690040282008-09-27T09:30:00.000-04:002008-09-27T09:30:00.000-04:00LAA and Phyllis, I am not as creative as you think...LAA and Phyllis, I am not as creative as you think for I am standing on the shoulders of giants like Charlotte Mason and Mildred McGinnis. I am weaving that with the ongoing work of Dr. Steve Gutstein (RDI) which dovetails beautifully. Without their work, I would not look so gifted and talented in the teaching world!<BR/><BR/>LAA, all kids make garden variety syntax mistakes. If your son gets in the lifelong rut Pamela did, that is the time to dig deeper.<BR/><BR/>Phyllis, feel free to ask questions. I remember reading some of these books five or six times before it started to sink into my brain. I have helped several people get started, so I did not mind sparing others the headache of figuring it out from scratch. I love the nature studies you are recording at the Bergblog!walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-10170466056359018382008-09-22T13:00:00.000-04:002008-09-22T13:00:00.000-04:00Tammy,You are such a gifted teacher! I cannot imag...Tammy,<BR/>You are such a gifted teacher! I cannot imagine being able to make up the worksheets you do, and if I could they would take ALL of my time! I was so impressed with these entries, however, I ordered the books you suggested and think it might be just what I need for at least one of my boys, perhaps more...<BR/>Thank you and God bless,<BR/>PhyllisPhyllishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09217282962233011656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-22246158044609219622008-09-21T11:45:00.000-04:002008-09-21T11:45:00.000-04:00Wow Tammy, thanks for posting this. I have read y...Wow Tammy, thanks for posting this. I have read your other posts about the Association Method here, but it has been a while. I'm not really sure if it is something Samuel would need or not. I know I need to have him tested to see the degree of help he needs in his English. In the meantime, we are repeating first grade English exercises this year. We'll be starting some outside speech therapy to supplement the 20 min. per week he gets from the school system!<BR/><BR/>You are an amazing teacher and you are so generous to share your methods with us to the degree that you do!LAA and Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587951326698052928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-39204726814958916092008-09-20T16:09:00.000-04:002008-09-20T16:09:00.000-04:00Jennifer, I completely agree with you on relaxing ...Jennifer, I completely agree with you on relaxing the standards for conversation. It is too bad the teacher missed the student's broadband communication (tone of voice). Tone can make all the difference in the world!<BR/><BR/>RDI consultant, who is an SLP too, gave me a great tip for handling this: repeat what they say and add one word. In response to "Chips!" the teacher could smile and say, "Chips, please!" or "More chips?"walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-53663188588515215092008-09-20T10:20:00.000-04:002008-09-20T10:20:00.000-04:00Your comment about relaxing syntax when speaking r...Your comment about relaxing syntax when speaking reminded me of an experience I had when we were exploring Kindergarten classes for Timothy (before we looked into homeschooling him). We were observing a class at a time where the class was broken up into little groups and cycling from one teacher to another. One teacher's group was called "social time" where the teacher gave out snacks and chatted with the kids. I remember the teacher saying to one of the students "Would you like some crackers or chips?" The student replied in a friendly, enthusiastic voice, "Chips!" The teacher got a disgusted look on her face and said back to the student, "I WOULD LIKE SOME CHIPS, PLEASE." Although we would all like to have the "please" from our kids, it felt like she was trying to teach him a very stilted form of communication that (if successful) would actually set him apart from his peers instead helping him to communicate with them. This was one of the reasons we decided not to pursue this Kindergarten...JEMD1966https://www.blogger.com/profile/12091076478714988817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-10594512670888075632008-09-20T07:54:00.000-04:002008-09-20T07:54:00.000-04:00Every child is different as you know. For Pamela, ...Every child is different as you know. For Pamela, this has been what she needed all along for verbal communication. Of course, RDI is the thing for broadband! :-)<BR/><BR/>Christine, we never did anything with Northampton symbols and went straight to the second unit. If Oliver has more than fifty nouns in his vocabulary and can read them, he may not need the Northampton symbols.walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-40886089973024371962008-09-19T20:15:00.000-04:002008-09-19T20:15:00.000-04:00I am so glad that you posted this and I really can...I am so glad that you posted this and I really can't wait to read more. We bought the manual and some other materials and I tried to work with it a bit but we really got stuck on learning the phonemes so I decided to give it a rest so that we started again Oliver wouldn't dread learning. I'm pretty sure Oliver has more than 50 words in his vocabulary so I might have to re-visit this and take a closer look at the second unit.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09687586555108712164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-74454776290699264082008-09-19T20:07:00.000-04:002008-09-19T20:07:00.000-04:00this is a very comprehensive overview. I'm going ...this is a very comprehensive overview. I'm going to tag it on a yahoo group i am on locally as i know there are individuals interested in it. there is also a school locally that does this method- i of course find it interesting because of the deaf aspect- i looked into it for Andrew thinking it might be a match awhile back- didn't quite fit for us but i have some of the books;) I have some of the books for everythign!Prince Andrew and the Queen Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876789726311010657noreply@blogger.com