tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208976623140193029.post914843813418063080..comments2023-10-01T09:16:21.674-07:00Comments on The Lower Elementary Cottage: Autism Leaps and Bounds!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867599246024942745noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208976623140193029.post-5520343340260245642013-04-18T05:25:06.332-07:002013-04-18T05:25:06.332-07:00This is awesome!! Sometimes it is so hard to see h...This is awesome!! Sometimes it is so hard to see how much GROWTH our little ones have made over the course of a year, but when you are finally able to think back to the beginning, it is amazing. :) <br /><br />Kayla<br /><a href="http://www.myspeciallearners.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">My Special Learners</a>Kaylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04890631477322214223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208976623140193029.post-68546672383612705222013-04-17T21:58:09.226-07:002013-04-17T21:58:09.226-07:00Language growth was due to a huge amount of modeli...Language growth was due to a huge amount of modeling and prompting! I'm super close friends with the speech teacher and she teaches above me in the cottage, so I've learned sooo many speech teacher skills. Every time he said something weird I did one of 2 things:<br />1) I repeated it back normally and had him copy me<br />2) prompted him "that was an unexpected voice, can you say it in an expected way?" (Social Thinking Terms)<br /><br />Another big help was books!! I read to/with him a lot and made a big deal about the difference between when I read a story and the way he reads it. I even read like him for him to understand how weird it sounds. Then he started reading like me and it transferred to his conversational voice too. I swear this could be a whole other post... haha!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867599246024942745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208976623140193029.post-49358987725879631902013-04-17T21:28:09.612-07:002013-04-17T21:28:09.612-07:00What a neat story!!! These are definitely the thin...What a neat story!!! These are definitely the things that make teaching so meaningful!! Thank you for the shout out!! I love that you are making a difference in the lives of so many!!!<br /><br />Michelle<br /><a href="http://the3amteacher.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The 3AM Teacher</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/The3amTeacher" rel="nofollow">Visit My FB Page</a><br /><br />Michelle Tsivgadellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09327578199614794262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208976623140193029.post-73823786225603721582013-04-17T20:06:56.264-07:002013-04-17T20:06:56.264-07:00That is awesome!!!! So inspiring!!! What do you ...That is awesome!!!! So inspiring!!! What do you think helped most with the language aspect? You rock, Lisa!<br /><br />Angelia<br /><a href="http://extraspecialteaching.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Extra Special Teaching</a>Angeliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523442396725058708noreply@blogger.com