Comments on: Say It Once, Say It Twice http://www.blisstree.com/articles/say-it-once-say-it-twice/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:44:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/say-it-once-say-it-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-555642 Kristina Chew, PhD Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:31:48 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/say-it-once-say-it-twice/#comment-555642 My parents are <i>Gong Gong</i> and <i>Po Po</i> to Charlie, and I guess I'd be <i>MaMa</i> and Jim <i>BaBa</i>-----the repetition's a sign of affection. My parents are Gong Gong and Po Po to Charlie, and I guess I’d be MaMa and Jim BaBa—–the repetition’s a sign of affection.

]]> By: laurentius-rex http://www.blisstree.com/articles/say-it-once-say-it-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-560945 laurentius-rex Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:17:15 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/say-it-once-say-it-twice/#comment-560945 Well well well. Well well well.

]]> By: bev http://www.blisstree.com/articles/say-it-once-say-it-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-563088 bev Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:45:08 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/say-it-once-say-it-twice/#comment-563088 Ticket. Ticket.

]]> By: hammie http://www.blisstree.com/articles/say-it-once-say-it-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-557805 hammie Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:20:28 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/say-it-once-say-it-twice/#comment-557805 I got this by myself, when I first learned about Carbone, Skinner and Verbal Behaviour. My best friend is from Pakistan, and I learned from her that Daadi, the grandmother who is a significant early carer in the extended family, and Mama and Maushi the maternal aunt and uncle; also significant. The way I understand it, the child makes a random but very pleasing developmental noise in the crib, which they enjoy, and if it matches the "name" of whoever is nearby, that person re-inforces the noise with their reaction, so the typical kids tunes into this, and says it again. Whereas, our kids might not find someone leaning into their face or jumping up and down very reinforcing, or they may be distracted by the excellent prism of light formed by the sun streaming through the crib ornament, so they do not "tune in" and say it again. That is until years later when the parent has learned to provide tailored reinforcement to suit the child, in return for hearing their name. I used to have a list of developmental sequence of sounds for apraxia development. I think there would be a thesis in their for someone to compare the significant carers in a child's life, culturally, with the sounds that make up their name. Granny, for instance is well down the list as it involves a double consonant and a very difficult consonant at that. Compare that to ooma, which is what a dutch friend called her Grandmother, very easy. Oh, and my friend from Pakistan and her husband call me "bhauji", which I love! xx I got this by myself, when I first learned about Carbone, Skinner and Verbal Behaviour. My best friend is from Pakistan, and I learned from her that Daadi, the grandmother who is a significant early carer in the extended family, and Mama and Maushi the maternal aunt and uncle; also significant.

The way I understand it, the child makes a random but very pleasing developmental noise in the crib, which they enjoy, and if it matches the “name” of whoever is nearby, that person re-inforces the noise with their reaction, so the typical kids tunes into this, and says it again.
Whereas, our kids might not find someone leaning into their face or jumping up and down very reinforcing, or they may be distracted by the excellent prism of light formed by the sun streaming through the crib ornament, so they do not “tune in” and say it again. That is until years later when the parent has learned to provide tailored reinforcement to suit the child, in return for hearing their name.
I used to have a list of developmental sequence of sounds for apraxia development. I think there would be a thesis in their for someone to compare the significant carers in a child’s life, culturally, with the sounds that make up their name. Granny, for instance is well down the list as it involves a double consonant and a very difficult consonant at that.
Compare that to ooma, which is what a dutch friend called her Grandmother, very easy.

Oh, and my friend from Pakistan and her husband call me “bhauji”, which I love!
xx

]]> By: bonnie http://www.blisstree.com/articles/say-it-once-say-it-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-551658 bonnie Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:53:44 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/say-it-once-say-it-twice/#comment-551658 My boy really loves Spanish right now, and has a bit of interest in other languages as well, despite the fact that he doesn't have the English language as down pat yet. I truly believe half the appeal is the way the words feel in his mouth, and I often catch him making up his own Spanish, or some language. This was a very interesting article, thanks for sharing! My boy really loves Spanish right now, and has a bit of interest in other languages as well, despite the fact that he doesn’t have the English language as down pat yet. I truly believe half the appeal is the way the words feel in his mouth, and I often catch him making up his own Spanish, or some language. This was a very interesting article, thanks for sharing!

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