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My son has a habit of scripting a lot. From the moment he wakes up, he repeats phrases he saw on TV, repeat some answers we have him, or repeats he what he wants to do for the day. This lasts pretty much all day.
When people see him and ask him a question, he typically ignores as he is so occupied with the scripting.
Anyone experience this with their child and is this just a phase? This is really hindering his ability to learn so Im pretty concerned about this.
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Members shared their experiences with children who script constantly, with many describing how their kids repeated TV shows, school lessons,... Read more
Maybe this blog post by a mom may help.
http://momnos.blogspot.ca/2006/03/dr-strangetal...
In general, scripting and echolalia is a good indicator of speech in the long run. We had immediate exholalia and scripting when our son was young but it went away as more functional speech took over (as our son turned 3). The key is to teach functional speech as well. As that improves, echolalia should go down. Now our son's speech is functional all of the time. We were doing verbal behaviour (ABA based) for speech which I would recommend as well (more than speech therapy).
My son is four and he does the same thing! It's like he is living in a cartoon. I would recommend only allowing your child to watch 1/2 of tv a day, no more. This way, it decreases the influence of tv when relation to speech. You could also use the tv shows he quotes to build their vocabulary and relate the scripts to real life situations.
Hello, yes, he scripts a lot less now. The key is to not let your kids stem on the same video/show over and over as it ingrains in their head and they can't stop thinking about it. My son is now talking functioning (not 100% fluent yet but at least 60%) I noticed when he hit 4 years old his language and tantrums started to improve at a fast pace. I try not to let him do the same activity over and over because it creates 2 problems.
1. He gets addicted so transition to different activity from the preferred activity he stems off of is difficult which creates tantrums. Example is I only allow him to use the iPad for up to an hour before bedtime if he was a good boy the entire day, where as if I let him use it too much he has tantrums when I ask him to get off.
2. He is still hyperactive which makes it hard for him to sit still. Exampe is he would take a bite of dinner, go do something and then come back and take another bite. I have not solved this issue yet.
Good luck. my only advice is for HFA kids, I hear 4 years old is the magic number for them to make big strides and that is what I noticed with my son. Make sure there are consequences for bad behavior such as removal of something he prefers. ABAs approach of being nice all the time is not practical in my opinion so you have to parent your son as much like he is a normal kid as possible.
-Peter
yes @A MyAutismTeam Member...I do the same...is better way foe they because is like a obsession for them, when they likes anything....I think is gonna works at the end...
My son is 18 and this is what he does too.
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