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My son went from 2 words to full sentences in about 5 months, and the change was a picture board
My son is 5 and has autism. Back in January he mostly said single words like milk or up, and a lot of the time he just pulled my hand toward what he wanted. His speech person at the clinic here in Spokane set us up with a simple picture board, just laminated cards with velcro, no app, no screen. We started using it at meals and bath time, and for the first 3 weeks he mostly ignored it and I felt silly pointing at cards. Then one night in early February he grabbed the cracker card and said cracker on his own, and I actually teared up at the kitchen table. By June he was putting 4 and 5 word sentences together, things like I want the blue cup please, which he never did before. I am not saying the board fixed everything, he still needs help and some days are rough, but those little cards did more in 5 months than a year of me just repeating words at him. Has anyone else had luck with low tech picture cards over an iPad app? I keep wondering if we should switch to a tablet now or just stick with what is working.
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jenny58011d ago
Oh sure, and next you'll tell me the velcro cards also do your taxes. But seriously, the cracker moment got me. My kid went nuts for a stupid $3 flashcard set from Target after we blew like $400 on some fancy tablet thing that just turned into a YouTube machine. The screen became the reward instead of the words, you know? If the laminated stuff is working, why mess with it. Tablet can wait.
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