[blindkid] how do you teach a child to say yes?

[Deborah Kent Stein]

In the Winter 2011 issue of Future Reflections there is an article by Mary 
McDonach called "You Can Say That Again" which includes a lot of practical 
ideas for dealing with echolalia and developing meaningful language.  If you 
don't have the hardcopy, you can find the magazine archived at www.nfb.org 
under publications.

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Heesen" <steveheesen at aol.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)'" 
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Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] how do you teach a child to say yes?


> Wow, what a great idea. It is amazing how much the kiddos can learn when 
> we
> make the process fun for them!
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Alison Stephens
> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 8:48 AM
> To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] how do you teach a child to say yes?
>
> This sounds familiar.  A few months ago my son was not able to say yes
> either.  He also would repeat the question if he wanted it, or rephrase it
> appropriately as an answer, but could not say yes.
>
> So, his TVI invented a ball game that jumpstarted the process of learning
> this, which he can now do with no trouble.  She sat with legs outstretched
> with Nate sitting in front of her, also facing forward and I sat opposite
> about 4 feet away.  She helped Nate hold the ball on the floor in front of
> him while she asked "Mommy, would you like the ball?"  then I would 
> respond,
> "Yes, please,"  then she would assist Nate in rolling the ball to me 
> across
> the floor.  Once I had the ball, it was my turn to ask, "Nate, would you
> like the ball?"  The TVI would then suggest to Nate that he say "yes,
> please."  He didn't say it initially, so she would say it for him, and 
> then
> I would immediately roll the ball.  We did this back and forth for about 
> 45
> minutes (was it that long?) and by the end of play he started catching on 
> to
> asking the "would you like the ball" and saying "yes, please,"  since play
> would not proceed without the question or answer.  I suppose that it 
> helped
> that he liked th  e rolling ball game.
>
> We played this game a few more times over a few weeks, and we also focused
> on saying "yes, please" at other times during the day, and he got it.  The
> game really seemed to get him started with it, though.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Alison
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