How to Teach Your Child Not to Repeat What You Are Saying (Echolalia)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2019
- Have you encountered a child, perhaps it could be your own child who when you say, “how are you?”, they repeat, “how are you?”
This form of copying or repeating words and phrases is referred to as echolalia. Echolalia is when you have a child that is repeating verbatim everything you say to them. It is also known as parroting. Echolalia is mostly but not always observed in children on the autism spectrum disorder.
Echolalia is a very typical part of language development in young children. Children will often echo right at the beginning when they start to learn how to talk. I remember when my two year old was about eighteen months he copied a lot of the things I said to him. But by two years he had stopped like a majority of children do, repeating everything and instead started generating some of his own responses
Why do children echo?
1. Limited vocabulary
2. A form of self-stimulation
3. Rigidity in language skills
- A child could use echolalia to repeat often heard words/ phrases in a somewhat appropriate context like questions and praise items.
How to stop echolalia is dependent on the reason your child is echoing.
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I worked in Early Childhood Education with Head Start children (3, 4yr olds) and considered working with Autistic children. I think this video just gave me the push to go back and pursue it 😊❤❤
Caroline Mutoko brought me here too, love it and worth it.
Researching for help to help my child brought me here.
Learning so much
Thank You!!
Great, thank you Lorna 👈
Good job
Nice
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Plus you being a home schooler.
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Good job speech mama👍.
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Hello Madam.Thank you so much for this teaching.You just made mention of what i have been thinking may be one of the cause of echolalia even though am not a speech therapist and that was what you listed as "limited vocabulary " you just helped put my thoughts into writing.😊I would like you to help me with this:How does one help a child who sometimes repeat what you say,repeat what he has heard before and also refers to herself as "She" instead of using "I" to make request for example, you will hear her say. "She is hungry" or will mention her name to make a request .For example,You will hear her say "Sarah is hungry " and this will make you think she is making the request for someone else rather than herself. Please how can one help such a child
Thank you I’m trying to help me son
Thus is my issues with my 3 year old son... He full understand everything you say but tens to repeat your questions rather than respond.
my 3 years boy is repeating poem everytime, he can answer the question sometimes and sometimes he can repeat the same questions example how are you so he repeat the same ,what can I do for the stop to repeating sentence and poem? and sometimes I ask what is this for use the flashcard he answered the right only words please help me how to stop the repeating poem or some sentence.
my 4-year-old son has echolalia (not utism) he repeats everything we ask him, then we screw him up and he answers well, but the next day it's the same. The things that he knows he answers well, like giving him a choice between two things, he asks for only one of the two.
Hello, what do you mean when you say, "then you screw him up"?
@@SpeechTherapyTotos Sorry, error in the translation, when he answers with the same question, we correct him and he answers correctly the next time, but the next day it's the same. Sometimes I think he only does it because he wants to do it that way.
Going thru this same thing with my 4 yo. Except with the added gibberish from time to time. I figure it’s also possible it has something to do with his confidence of speech. He only started doing this as he got older 😕❓
Hello, my name is Ama from Nigeria. I have a 3yr old son who is autistic . he repeats a particular sound all day if he is left to do so and he has very few words in his vocabulary. What can I do please
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This info is a bit outdated now. Understanding Gestalt language processing and interventions for this, will help us understand Echolalia's purpose in communication. It is not to be discouraged but understood. It's different way of language development that has different stages of progression
My son is making 3 and he has echolalia...but my questions are does this stop and they talk normallyand also is it with therapy air they can will eventually talk
Please find out about Gestalt language processing. It's just a different way of language development to what most kids do. With appropriate support they will move through stages of language development in their own way. Don't discourage the echolalia, acknowledge it, by e.g nodding. Understand what they are trying to communicate by the echolalia and give them another phrase to use to be able to communicate. There is a lot of advice now on how to correctly support GLP children. This video is outdated compared to current knowledge
My son has this problem.
Hi my son is 5 also repeating everything we say he had delayed speech how do I help him
My daughter to
My daughter is 9 and recently she been say the word “ say before every sentence” how can I stop her? She doesn’t even realize she doing it
That sounds like a habit she is fast identifying with. Is it like how some people say "actually" before each response? Do you suspect that her use of this word is acting like a filler (uhm, erm, etc) or do you suspect she may be experiencing a communication difficulty such as word finding difficulties, inadequate vocabulary, etc.
There is a public-speaking forum called 'toast masters' that encourages fluent public speaking, and one part of mastering this skill is self-monitoring one's "uhms". They get speakers to count their "uhms". Why not practise this with your daughter, but for her, you'll be getting her to count her "says". It's a really useful activity, which can bring into focus what is so automated for a speaker. Since learning about the "uhm counter", I have used this to improve my own use of fillers.
All the best.
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My 8years old can't talk but he repeat everything I say
Thank you! I will definitely use this strategy.
You are welcome.
Very informative but your intro background is a bit too loud.
Hello, I am glad that you have found the video informative. Are you listening to it while wearing headphones?
@@SpeechTherapyTotos The overall audio was excellent. Just the intro was a bit loud. It was conflicting with your voice. I'm not using a headphone. Just my macBook
@@abdulhaqq1980 Thank you for your honest feedback. We have taken it into consideration
@@SpeechTherapyTotos My son will be three this july and he's really talking. I think he's "echoing" his points but he's deffinitely not forming his own sentences. No Mamma nor Dadda, no Yes nor No. Noy expressing shock nor sudden pain like "owch, wow or screem from fright. Your videos are helpful and i'm also sharing them to people in my country who's having similar issues.
I'm truly grateful fr your vides though. Thanks for being so kind to share.
Pls do a video on pronoun reversal problems in 3yr old
Hello, I do have videos on pronunciations. Let me send you the links- th-cam.com/video/JGcxzL6XfOc/w-d-xo.html and this one- th-cam.com/video/BQeJqn5zAis/w-d-xo.html
Please what is pronoun reversal problems
@@tamerajefferson7248Saying 'you' instead of 'I' for example. Like instead of saying ' I am happy' , they may say ' you are happy' when describing their feelings
Can you show examples of what you’re saying
Hi, I believe I have given examples. Have you watched the whole video?
My 2 year old does echolalia mostly coz of rigidity but my 3 and a half year old am not so sure what is causing it, but from your past video of how many words he is supposed to say, I think he has limited vocabulary. Thank you for this, I will try the methods you've given
How do you handle scripting and echlolalia from tv or books? My son is 3 (undiagnosed but waiting to get an appointment to be diagnosed)
Like it’s all day constant. He has some words but the scripting is non stop.
Have you tried any of the tips suggested in the video? It sounds like there is some language rigidity in how your son is developing language. Anything that you can do to increase his vocabulary and teach him to be flexible particularly with his play skills will help. Please watch the other videos where I give tips on how you can expand your child's language skills. All the best!
Please what is scripting
@@tamerajefferson7248 Scripting is repeating whole books, songs or phrases heard from tv and the like.
How is your son now?
Did you see any improvement?
What’s his diagnosis?
Caroline Mutoko also brought me here :). I have a nephew who just turned 4 and who has been exposed to a lot of screen time. As you spoke on Carole's channel, I could identify with a lot of what you said. So he can count up to like 300, knows all colours shapes, letters etc. However, he does not know how to have conversations and repeats a lot as well. He echos most of the words, either when he hears people say something or when he sees it on TV. It was so interesting when you mentioned the way they sometimes repeat 'good boy' because he does that a lot. How do we get him to be social, engage in conversation and basically catch up on his speaking?
Hello, you can start by signing up to my FREE 3-part video series, which can get you to help your nephew talk, talk more and talk better. Please sign up for the series- speechtherapytotos.com/3-part-video-series. I also have an online course called the Late-talker's bootcamp course which will give you the steps to grow your nephew's speech and language. Here is the link to learn more about the course- speechtherapytotos.com/late-talkers-bootcamp and the link to purchase- bit.ly/2STLeM8
My daughter is in the same situation please please reply me. I want to discuss this
Please please
How is ur nephew doing now
@Ebtisam LUTFI when he started going to school everything changed. Now he's the most chatty and social little guy 😁
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Karibu 😊
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Great tip. Thanks.
Our 5 year old autistic son has a tendency to use echolalia (And palalia) quite a bit. Sometimes it's immediate and other times it is quite delayed. The other day he heard a video and it said *Oh my God, it's Mr. Peabody and Sherman!* Well, for the next three hours (With just a few breaks) he kept repeating it over and over again. At one time I thought he was going to quit for good, and when he restarted again I made the mistake of saying *Oh, sh*t*. Well, then he started saying the Peabody and Sherman line followed by the Oh Sh*t line right after it. Luckily, we didn't have to go anywhere that day.
Echolalalia and palilalia can be frustrating, and the key to correcting them is through understanding what is causing your child to imitate.
Is it because he lacks adequate stumulation from the people who live with him, is he perhaps overexposed to screens, does he lack the requisite language skills to support communication, etc. Depending on what could be causing it, you can address the trigger and it should resolve over time with consistent intervention.
Also, children "echoing" can be a first step towards communication although I doubt this is the reason for your son's "echoing" as he is managing to repeat pretty long phrases.
Please check out this quick video- th-cam.com/video/EE56bMGTTJY-/w-d-xo.html on how to address echolalia in children.
All the best.