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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Just took son for a walk on this lovely day. It was a running commentary of everything he saw.

“I see a bird awww hi bird. I hear a dog.  Let’s go see the dog. The trunk is broken (seeing a cut tree). I hear a bird. pushing the stroller. It’s a baby. My hat blew off. I hear a dog... hiiii. Flowers“

So the words are there the back and forth is lacking [/quote]

That's actually really good. You said earlier that his receptive testing more at a 2 year old plus level. So that's his level. Not his age. I'm not sure why you aren't understanding that.

Receptive language is hard wired into the brain. The brain will hear when it is ready. Your child is now building vocabulary, which is great. He doesn't do back and forth conversation, because he can't understand you fully yet. He's likely only able to pick out the words he already knows. The rest are an unintelligible blur.

To build conversation, Model and recast. Use one more word than his current utterance level.

We received similar advice from Mary Camarata.  She said add 1-3 units of language on to whatever he’s talking about. If he’s talking about it he’s interested and motivated.  Don’t ask too many questions- they can be conversation stoppers.

"I see a bird."

"Yes, I see a blue bird."

"I hear a dog"

"Yes, I hear a dag barking"

See the Hanen Method or Dr. Jim McDonald's Communicating Partners website.[/quote][/quote]

We received similar advice from Mary Camarata. She said add 1-3 units of language on to whatever he’s talking about. If he’s talking about it he’s interested and motivated. Don’t ask too many questions- they can be conversation stoppers. [/quote]

Thank you. I have to control my question asking.[/quote]

It is very, very, very hard to do! My child has a severe receptive disorder and it's always been difficult for me not to quiz him.

I once observed Mary Camarata do a balloon sequence with my child. She said almost nothing and got about 8 turns of conversation with him. I was in awe. She made it look so easy, but it is borderline impossible for me. "W" questions are much further down the road, I think. I'd stay away from anything but What at this point. Labeling nouns is much easier.[/quote]

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