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Greetings All —

The "Teach Me Language Seminar" tonight was absolutely awesome. Fortunately, we were able to tape it for future facilitator use around the province.

Tonight Dr. Freeman *explained* everything: from beginning "Teach Me Language" stages to the complex and difficult such as how to navigate and build to generating original fiction, how to handle appropriate conversational detail (what *is* enough/too much information to tell a friend), building to writing original story outlines, and even more abstract concepts of money(is this item really "worth" that much) and time (time management, etc.).

It is an excellent presentation valuable for parents, therapists, consultants, teachers and even grandparents. I highly recommend that you request it from your local ASBC community group facilitator.

cheers,

tamara & anissa

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Barbara – you clearly did not understand the point that I was trying to make – however – anytime a point is made on the Feat website that does not suit the tastes of the very close knit group – you guys are the ones getting defensive. You and I both know that Bev was clearly talking about ABA – fluency based autism treatment (you will remember all the discussions surrounding this very issue last year, no??) Bev came UNINVITED to a lawsuit mtg I attended last year and told us all we were harming our children!!! HARMING OUR CHILDREN (as she sobbed)!!!! Is that mature and intelligent?? Please!!! – she did not have a clue about the treatment my daughter was getting or anyone else in that room for that matter (maybe just maybe it is even better that Lovaas!!). My husband and I are spending thousands of dollars on treatment for our daughter and she is doing fabulous (oh, and just so you know, WE are footing the bill for that). I, as other parents with treatments other than Lovaas deserve respect also. This is NOT the first time nor will it be the last time other treatments have been put down on the chat. I wanted Bev to respond to what she knows about ABA – fluency based treatment and how she feels that it to be inferior to Lovaas. Can she not simply write a notification for the upcoming seminar without those needless remarks. I have never nor will I criticize Lovaas style ABA therapy as I respect all who have chosen it. I wish for people to respect our chosen treatments WITHOUT negative comments constantly being said "between the lines".

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To Beverley re: your post with the comment:

"heck, even other kinds of treatment who tried to snake their way on this very website".

I guess it doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out what you are referring to.

I am offended by that comment and quite frankly would like to know just what qualifications you have to criticize other types of ABA treatments??

I have not nor do I intend to judge other people's choice of therapies and I would appreciate it if you could at least show some kind of maturity and intellect to do the same and show other families who have chosen other types of treatments the respect that they deserve.

PS – the "other" type of therapy seems to be doing just fine!!!!!

Oh, by the way – does this mean that my priviledges are now revoked??

Oh, gee, I am devastated.

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RE: Masters in ABA in Vancouver

New information has been posted on the website http://www.behavioral-solutions.com regarding the satellite Masters program in ABA.

If you are interested in pursuing a masters in this field, I would recommend exploring this option.

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RE: Masters in ABA in Vancouver

New information has been posted on the website http://www.behavioral-solutions.com regarding the satellite Masters program in ABA.

If you are interested in pursuing a masters in this field, I would recommend exploring this option.

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Monday February 9; 7-9:30pm
Peter J. Peters Room, West Vancouver Memorial Library
1950 Marine Drive/20th

You Bought the Book, Now Learn How to Use It!
Workshop Session: Getting the Most from your “Teach Me Language” Language and Concept Acquisition Reference Guide
“Teach Me Language really zeros in on the areas of difficulty which our children with Autism and related disorders are up against. Once a child has some basic vocabulary and can answer simple "what" and "where" questions, this book should be in your hands! Activities in this book are practical with children from kindergarten through the teenage years.”

“Teach Me Language” is a comprehensive guide to the higher levels of language and concept acquisition. This book outlines in a concise, matter of fact, jam-packed format ideas, solutions, templates, drills and games to get your child talking, thinking, writing and analyzing in a fluid way and should be a part of any bonafide ABA program.

But there’s so much in there the question is “How and When” to effectively use and apply this manual.

In this special presentation, open to parents and professionals, Dr. Freeman will walk us through sections, games and templates explaining ideas and applications behind each.

Bring your own “Teach Me Language” manual ($74.95) and Exercise Form Companion ($26.95) to follow along, or they can be purchased at the door (cheques or exact cash accepted).

We sincerely hope you can join us for this special event.

We will help you slay your giant!

Anissa Lalani & Tamara Leger
ASBC|NS Co-Facilitators
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“Teach Me Language” Seminar by Dr. Sabrina Freeman
Monday February 9, 2004; 7-9:30pm
West Van Library

AGENDA

Introduction 10 min 7:00-7:10
Tamara Leger + Anissa Lalani

1. How Do I Use this Book 20 min 7:10-8:30
– Who we are and Why we wrote this book
– Teaching Language using your child’s strengths
– Prompting and fading
– Main-streaming
– As a parent what skills do I need?
– How often do I need to do these exercises?
– Auditory processing & Hearing
– What Does this method achieve?
– Where does my child have to be at in order to use this book?

2. Examples in Application &
How to make it relevant to Life 60 min 8:30-9:30
– Conversation: from topical conversation, finding out about someone, movie conversation, conversation games, conversational self monitoring
– Critical Thinking: problem/solution, fact/opinion
– General Knowledge: topical outlines, definitions, true/false, fill in the blank, How to create information paragraphs.
– Grammar & Syntax: Parts of Language, “Wh” question game
– Advanced Language Development: story writing, topic sentences, paragraph writing, finding main idea, recall of significant daily events/”what did you do today?”
– Academics: brainstorming, story report/story summary, math word problems, teaching time, money, note taking.

Conclusion 10 min 9:30-9:40

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Hi to the person who responded to my post about my son's "baffling" speech problems. I was so happy to read your post!!! Thank you so much for responding. It does sound like our boys are similar and that you have found some effective programs. I would love to speak with you. My e-mail address is katzalay@hotmail.com

Once again, thank you so much. You're the first person I've encountered with a similar issue. It's such a relief.

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Hi there. In response to the person who posted about the five year old boy with "baffling" speech problems, I have to say that your little boy sounds alot like ours. Although his "quantitative" scoring on receptive and expressive language are about 50th percentile for his age group (a very dramatic improvement over the last year and a half where he used to be at about the 15th percentile) he continues to have "pragmatic" difficulties like the ones you describe. We have had a combination of social skills programs (re the orientation of the listener) and many different language based programs focussed on what our consultant calls "generative language". (ie, our son also struggles to find the words or the ideas even though he understands them and can repeat them without difficulty). This has been an area we have struggled with and recently our consultant has given us some really good ideas for prompting in these different programs which have allowed our son to make some great progress. Finaly, we've had several programs over the years introducing and practicing different carrier phrases to help initiate speech. All of this has been really nicely supplemented by our speech therapist who independantly initiates the same type of strategies. If you want more info, post an address at which I can contact you and I'd be happy to share consultant names and speech therapist names.

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I'm trying to find a family whose child has a similar speech issue to mine, since he seems to baffle everyone including his very talented speech pathologist and ABA consultant.

He is 5 years old, high functioning and very talkative. However, his delivery is very often very confused and wordy. It is almost impossible for someone who doesn't already know what he is talking about to make any sense of it. He uses long phrases, rephrases himself sometimes, and sometimes uses nouns incorrectly. He doesn't orient the listener. Finally, he has difficulty with word retrieval although his short term memory seems to me to be quite strong.

I would love to know if anyone has a similar problem or has any suggestions with respect to where to go for information/answers.

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Hi, I am seeking to change my behavioural consultant but I need contact information to get on waitlists. I am already on EAP's waitlist, but I would appreciate contact information for any other ABA Lovas consultants.

If you like your consultant, I would very much appreciate getting her/his contact information so that I can get on on the waitlist.

If you can help, please either e-mail me at katzalay@hotmail.com or post the information on this chat board.

Much appreciated!

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