Great job. Mikko. I had many autistic students with Echolalia who eventually progressed to age appropriate speech and language. Also, floor play is extremely effective. One on one eye contact, direct engagement, and cause and effect reactions are very effective. Keep up the good work! GOD AIN'T SCARED OF AUTISM! 🙏🥰 (Story Time With Miss Evelyn 📚) 🥰
I am so glad you wrote this as a child who was nonverbal and now is a college student who does public speaking. Thank you for not being one of those people who limit or underestimate the power of teaching.
Mikko is making strides. It’s beautiful to watch. Mom in your eyes I see the joy for your Babygirl’s successes. GOD bless you and your entire family. 🙏❤
When i was in 1st grade there was a kid just like Mikko. He was stimming 24/7 and he was nonverbal and knew very little signs. He loved to dance so we did Just Dance when he was in our classroom. He had fragile bones and couldn't really play with anyone because of that. I am now in 7th grade and he is still doing great. He has learned new things. Mikko I am proud of you girl. You keep growing.
Precious, first, let me tell you that I really love the new editing style! Let your editor know that they’re doing a great job. And if that’s you awesome :-) I do not have anyone in my family that’s autistic that I’m aware of however, I find your videos to be very helpful as a “gentle” reminder that peoples differences are OK. We don’t all have to be the same to be considered “normal”. What’s normal to one person is unique to that person. Let us embrace each other’s differences. That’s what I get from your videos.
Mikko’s speech progression is nothing short of amazing. You two are working wonderfully together! My three year old son uses echolalia as well. Speech therapy has been hard to get into in my area, due to offices being backed up from the pandemic. Great job mom for continuing to believe in and push your baby positively.
That's wonderful that she's saying numbers! Real progress! My child echoed when she was younger. I think , for her, it was a way of physically learning to make the sounds before learning their function as language. We did eventually use the echoing as a way to get her to answer yes or no questions. We'd say "Do you want milk? Yes or No?" She say "No" because she was echoing the last word. So we didn't give her the milk. But then we'd ask again & switch the order of the "yes" or "no" part. It took her a little time, but she started understanding the relationship of the words to our response ...and she didn't get too frustrated because we guided her to respond so she could get what she wanted.
Mikko is doing so amazingly good 😊 As a Mom of a 5 year old autistic daughter I know the daily joys of seeing mine do or say something new. My daughter was mostly non verbal until about 3 1/2 then she started counting and saying her ABC’s in sign language and using her voice. Then by 4 she started repeating words and saying words we finally discovered was her way of saying the word. At 4 we realized she could read, we were so amazed, that she was sounding out the words. She gets so excited and stems when we understand what she is saying and/or reading. She still doesn’t have conversations mostly yes and no answers to questions. She often stops playing to tell us something, but beyond that there is no long conversation. She is good at telling us what she wants, which is a blessing. She is definitely strong willed and determined. We are trying to work on her patience which she has very little. She gets quickly frustrated when we don’t understand what she is saying and has meltdowns when she doesn’t get what she asks for. Which I’ve learned as partly our fault. We were so excited she was asking for things we would jump and get them for her, because we were so excited. Now she expects us to keep that up. 😅 It’s harder Somedays than others, but she brings me such joy. When she says I love you more or randomly gives me a hug. I’ve learned to stop obsessing about what her future will be and enjoy our journey and everyday surprises. I love watching your videos, because it’s Mikko’s journey and I love how patient and gentle you are with her. I am cheering you and your family on with each milestone and new goals Mikko achieves. Take care and I wish you all the best in the New Year!! God Bless ❤😊❤
Dear mom, thank you for your teaching, your patience, your kindness. These are being installed in her. I will pray for Niko every day along with a little boy named Adrienne who is a member of my family. Be blessed and know the battle is the Lords but the victory is yours. I ask for the blood of Jesus to cover your family and that the veil that covers her speech will be cracked open and her destiny will be fulfilled in the name of Jesus, Amen and Amen. 💕💕💕🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I’m not crying 😭 it’s amazing to have had the pleasure of watching Mikko grow and learn. I am no expert but she seemed to pic up on the counting without much of a prompt. When I first found your channel I don’t think Mikko would have been able to do that. Mom, Dad, brother & sister are really helping Mikko to live her best life!!
I am autistic and use verbal stims and i have had friends with echolalia and based on my experience the verbal stims assist emotional regualtion, its soothing to us, like a pressure release. Very important to feel comfortable, safe and supported when making these sounds
My son had echolalia. He also has a speech and language disability. We sent him to public specialized school and he received speech therapy. Then we put him in a regular private school/kindergarten program and private speech therapy. He just started developing his own language skills during his pre-kindergarten kindergarten years. Maybe it was the extra time with storybooks and treats. Maybe it was the speech therapy (but therapist kept giving me praise for what I was doing at home) Maybe it was sport activities (basketball, soccer and swimming)that forced him to pay attention and use appropriate language. Maybe it was the countless hours of reading and learning how to spell 20 new words every week. He’s in a general education 6th grade now; he receives a lot of tutoring services while attending an online private school program. He’s making A’s, B’s and one C in cursive handwriting. I’m very happy with his progress. We always give him gifts that allows him to be more expressive with language (everything any kid would need to put on a puppet show including a multitude of puppets and stage); then we watch him put on a show. It worked! He will still most likely require tutoring until he graduates from high school.
I was excited when she said "two"🎉🎉. Thank you Precious, for sharing. I'm a nurse, and I am learning so much from your content, way beyond what the literature teaches. ❤
You can’t stop the sun from shining! Even on the cloudiest and rainiest days, it’s there and will shine through eventually! She’s shining bright and you and Dad are doing amazing! Keep loving her to find her own unique voice. ❤
i'm a teacher and certified to work with autistic kids and am myself on the spectrum. you're doing an amazing job with the daily therapy you're giving her. i wish all parents would spend this time with their special needs children. you're her best teacher and you're doing everything right! i love your videos. ❤ best wishes
My 4 year old was extremely delayed in talking, he didn’t start until 27 months old and he also started out with echolalia and some simple things he had memorized like counting, abc’s, etc but now at 4 years old he’s fully conversational. He is still a little delayed from his peers but he gets speech therapy at preschool as well as an outside therapist that I take him to weekly. His journey to language has looked much different than the “norm” but he’s figured it out in his own way
Thank you! You just explained my situation, the difference is that I live in Africa and here in my country therapy is not very common or available, if at all very expensive. My boy will be four next month and he's better at interacting now, I'm sure they always figure it out in the long run, we need to be patient with them and encouraging 🙏🏾
How often does your child see a speech therapist? My soon to be 3-year old sees a therapist for 30mins every week. I don’t believe this is enough and haven’t seen any progress. He’s very limited in speech- he uses echolalia often and doesn’t initiate words on his own.
@@Genesis55555 I take him to speech therapy once a week for 1 hour and he also gets speech at school twice a week now that he’s in preschool but the things that have helped him more than anything else are being in school with other children and working with him at home and he just eventually started using his echolalia functionally and now he talks non stop. He still struggles some with understanding multiple step instructions and things like saying “he” instead of “I” when he wants something and mixing up his pronouns so speech is still really helping with that but getting him in a classroom with kids his age everyday has been a game changer for him. There was a point when I was extremely concerned he would never functionally speak.
Precious and Precious husband, you are one of the most brave and corageous peoble Ive ever gotten to know, now I can tell it has been really hard for everybody to keet trying, you keep on fighting for her and seeking other paths to help her cope and get over her difficulties though, she's just two years old, its a matter of time to start seeing more progress, really wish you the best, sending you a big hug, strenght and blessings. God loves you, may him also bless you.
Mikko is progressing nicely, thanks to your gentle life style upbringing ! You sharing your story on autism, I’m sure is helping lots of other families. I truly admire how much you have educated yourself on the matter, in order to play a pivotal role in your children’s progress. ❤
i work with some kids who have echolalia, one kid in particular it was his way of communication and a way i could understand his emotions. Even though the words themselves didn’t make sense in context, when he was angry he would repeat scenes from movies where the person was angry. it’s different for everyone but i think sometimes the words have more meaning than simply repetition. I’ve also had kids who definitely echolalia is their way of stimming or self soothing
Precious I just wanna say how you’re doing a very good job working with your daughter Mikko too and I see the progress to success with her and in her and I’m very proud of how far she came from to now and kudos to you mom for having the patience to do so of taking the time to put this onto UA-cam to show us your everyday living of what you’re going thru and the obstacles that you’re going thru as well so god bless you and your family for taking the time out to wanting to share y’all life with the world on this channel and I just want to say thank you bcuz I know she’s going to do very well in life bcuz Mikko have a very strong foundation that’s standing aside to let her know that we got you baby girl and you go ahead with your bad self but in a good way though that you got this and god bless you and your family on your journey of success
My Grandson is 3 1/2, and does this. He was eval'd but was not dx'd with Autism but rather OCD and ADHD. I honestly believe the eval is wrong. He has been in speech since he was 2 and still does not initiate conversation. He DID recently start saying "maw maw" when he wants to get my attention. He can now repeat almost anything...but it's just not his own. He also lines up his toys, usually dinosaurs or horses, like your girl lined up her balls. Mikko is such a lovely girl and you are so patient with her. God Bless your family! I started watching your channel to learn more and possibly be able to help my grandson when he stays with me. I watch him 2 days a week while mom and dad work.
Are his parents pursuing this multiple diagnosis? At only 3 and half, give him time My son was 4 and half before he was speaking on his own. He is at the top of class.now at age 14 and has always been a math whiz. He always lined up his cars and crayons too. Wow, ocd and adhd, at 4 and a half! How do they know? How do doctors determine when a toddler gas ocd? They are toddlers! Sometimes I think we are seeking disorders when there are none.
I'm always interested in the care of children even though I don't have them. Your involvement with your daughter is very interesting and professional. Thank you so much for sharing with your beautiful family.
Precious, have you ever heard of Gestalt Language Processing? It's more common in autistic people and, to me, it looks a lot like the way Mikko is picking up language! In really basic terms, Gestalt processors learn whole phrases and their contextual usage before learning single words and how to string them together on their own. Maybe worth researching! I learned the same way as a kid 🙂
Precious, you are delightfully encouraging and creative with your teaching methods. I enjoy watching your interaction with Mikko. Mikko is responsive to everything about you as her mother and teacher. I'm so proud of the love and devotion you have as a mom and teacher. Thank you for sharing your daily routine and teaching moments with your followers. 🎉🎉🎉
I usually had to explain echolalia to parents as an Exceptional Ed teacher of students in the Spectrum because some thought they were being uncooperative when told to stop repeating! I wish your channel was around 5 years ago! ❤ Thank you for all of your education! Mikko is adorable! ❤Also, does Mikko use PECS to communicate?
Your doing a great job with your daughter she's coming along so well. I have much respect for you for not given up when the going got hard. I sure everyday is the same but your love for your child tell you going as a warrior.
She's responding to you! That's amazing progress and not just echolalia or meaningless babble. My son starteduke that. Nothing.. then connecti g.. than.. full frases with some mistakes.which he repeats as he is practicing. It took 3 years. He is almost five. Have faith. Even When it's hard. ❤
I’m in tears bc I have a 24 month old(2yr old). And we are going through evaluations with birth to three program. My daughter doesn’t speak yet. She just babbles, she’s still on a nuk and she started walking at 15-16months. I try to make the best out of everyday. Some days are harder than others. I spent a lot of time confused, frustrated and stressed I thought bc I had her my first and only child at the age of 42, that it’s my fault and maybe I’m not doing something right! But watching your channel has given me a new found sense of purpose and strength and even courage! Thank you 🙏🏽 ❤
😢so great!! Mom u explained that well. So nice to see Mikkointeracting with you in repetition & keeping eye contact. 🙏for yr family!!❤❤❤❤much love I learn every time I watch!
Thank you for explaining this! A small suggestion I have for understanding: if you tried using 1-word verbs in American Sign Language (for example, the word sit), you could sign the word and say it, then show her the action. Perhaps that would help? Still... Mikko is the sweetest little girl, and I'm so happy for her!
I too, do not have a child on the autism spectrum, but I think you have the most special, beautiful and loving family. I know Mikko is going to make you proud!
Well, I'm to crying. Tears are flowing. I'm so happy with Mikko's progress. It may be slower that Mom wants. But Mom shows patience. Mikko is steadily moving forward. Mom, what will you do when she does go to school?? I think I would be crying. Eventually she will want more and more independence. Way to go Mikko!!!! 😊😊
Precious, Im so proud of u and ur husband. Sis, u are consistent with ur daughter teaching her and u and ur husband don't have any outside help rite now. Im so proud of baby girl! I smile watching her progress. Keep on doing what u guys are doing♥️♥️♥️
I still randomly burst out with echolalia and for anyone not quite sure why we do it, I like to explain that if my brain hears a sound that it LOVES and that excites it, it just wants to keep repeating it. I may repeat it until I've gotten the perfect pitch or tone, or just repeat it in different accents. It's an instant dopamine boost and my partner and I have recently discovered I most likely have perfect pitch just from being able to mimic noises.
Precious, I just want to say how being apart of your channel has made me a more patient gentle mom. The way you show just patience love and restraint with Mikko is beautiful. I seek to understand and sympathize more with my 4 year old. I let my daughter watch you and Mikko because she has an autistic friend and it helps her to understand how to play with her. I love your channel and I love seeing Mikko progress
My son was the same. We were surprised when he started speaking more clearly around 4, that what we thought was babbling was him actually singing, or saying a favorite phrase, just because or for a audio/vocal stim.
Hi Precious, really enjoy the detailed information and really enjoy watching Mikko grow. I talk about your family to others like they were my grandchildren❤. I loved seeing the twins the other day. I’m estranged from my daughter so I have adopted your kids and pray for them. Keep up your gentle touch and know that God is with all of you🙏🏼🙏🏼💕
So proud of Mikko, you and your husband for being gentle, I believe God to loose her tongue in his time and she'll develop her own speech pattern, I am praying and trusting God.👏🏾👏🏾❤️🙏🏾
I love watching her excel. My granddaughter also would skip to the next number, but the more you go over it she will ne doing it without your help. You're doing a beautiful job mom. ❤
At 7:55 when she handed you the toy from the shelf, it sure did sound like she said, "Play with meee!" I love watching y'all, and I marvel at your patience! What a beautiful family.
Love seeing her progress. My son was just diagnosed with autism and uses echolalia, he’s four. I’m noticing that as he learns more words and understands their meanings he’s decreasing his echolalia, it’s taking time but he’s learning and it felt like I didn’t see progress for a long time, now week to week I’m seeing improvement
This made my day! Good job! She IS learning too - I know they repeat what they hear a lot but that is good. It is also the association of words - she is learning! xoxo
I’m aspergers autism with echolalia and when I was her age I had speech therapy and that helps. I use to start with copying tv commercials and new anchor voices Keep going with speech therapy it’s helping
This was my daughter until she was five she’s six now and she say sentences read the books spelling she knows a lot now she’s improving receiving a B a therapy speech and older and I get so excited when I see your daughter growing and learning
Looks like she’ll be talking just fine with time. Keep up all the hard work, you’ll be rewarded soon when you’ll be having a full conversation with your daughter.
My grandson has autism, he’s 14 now didn’t start speaking until he 9 and he use echolalia I had to learn to ask him questions differently so he just wouldn’t repeat what I was saying or asking. You are doing a great job with your daughter💜💜
It sounded like when Mikko handed you that little bag she said "play with me" 😊 i have a 4 year old autistic son and he just started talking at around 3.5 years. I remember the first time he said i love you. I never thought id hear it. Mikkos doing great as are you. Keep up the great work! ❤
We learn by repeating things, I bet she understands more than we think because she knew you wanted to put the balls in the basket......you are a great mother
She's doing really well. My son has autism, though an adult now. As she grows and learns you will see her blossom and who knows what amazing hidden talent will emerge.
My autistic 13 yr still has echolalia and it started when she was about 3 years old. She started with conversations she heard from home, school, and early childhood edutainment shows she watched. We are learning to incorporate her echolalia almost like a second language in our family. My daughter does it primarily to self regulate, but I listen intentionally. It gives me insight into her concerns. Recently, we learned from her speech therapist that this a part of Gesalt Language Processing. Over time, she has learned to engage in dialogue with us, but the echolalia definitely helps her before or after talking with us.
I know from experience of being around autistic children, they are brilliant at many things or one thing. They learn in different ways , at times but it's very interesting, to see the ways in which they learn. Patience is the virtue most needed when working with them, the love comes naturally.
I really like watching Mikko progress with her speech.
Her little voice is so sweet!
💙💙💙
Great job. Mikko. I had many autistic students with Echolalia who eventually progressed to age appropriate speech and language. Also, floor play is extremely effective. One on one eye contact, direct engagement, and cause and effect reactions are very effective. Keep up the good work! GOD AIN'T SCARED OF AUTISM! 🙏🥰 (Story Time With Miss Evelyn 📚) 🥰
I am so glad you wrote this as a child who was nonverbal and now is a college student who does public speaking. Thank you for not being one of those people who limit or underestimate the power of teaching.
I truly believe this 😊
I love ur comment, God ain't scared of Autism, NO he isn't afraid of anything!! Very encouraging to hear
@myraselby9947 God Bless you and Thanks for your comment. He's a BIG GOD! 🥰
She really knew her numbers!! So proud of you Mikko! And yes a lot of people don’t understand Echolalia, thank you for explaining! ❤
Mikko is making strides. It’s beautiful to watch. Mom in your eyes I see the joy for your Babygirl’s successes. GOD bless you and your entire family. 🙏❤
When i was in 1st grade there was a kid just like Mikko. He was stimming 24/7 and he was nonverbal and knew very little signs. He loved to dance so we did Just Dance when he was in our classroom. He had fragile bones and couldn't really play with anyone because of that. I am now in 7th grade and he is still doing great. He has learned new things. Mikko I am proud of you girl. You keep growing.
Thank you for dancing with your classmate!
Precious, first, let me tell you that I really love the new editing style! Let your editor know that they’re doing a great job. And if that’s you awesome :-) I do not have anyone in my family that’s autistic that I’m aware of however, I find your videos to be very helpful as a “gentle” reminder that peoples differences are OK. We don’t all have to be the same to be considered “normal”. What’s normal to one person is unique to that person. Let us embrace each other’s differences. That’s what I get from your videos.
And I find it gives me an inside look of others. My children were all born fine mentally and physically. I get to understand what others go thru.
May GOD continue to bless you and your family with patience and knowledge and be able to get the help to help her. Sending lots of love and hugs!
It is very nice seeing non-autism parents encouraging and supporting the autism parents ❤
Mikko’s speech progression is nothing short of amazing. You two are working wonderfully together! My three year old son uses echolalia as well. Speech therapy has been hard to get into in my area, due to offices being backed up from the pandemic. Great job mom for continuing to believe in and push your baby positively.
Of course she’s talking! I always believed she would because she’s so vocal. You do great working with her.
We all love you and Mikko! We love to watch her daily!!!
That's wonderful that she's saying numbers! Real progress!
My child echoed when she was younger. I think , for her, it was a way of physically learning to make the sounds before learning their function as language. We did eventually use the echoing as a way to get her to answer yes or no questions. We'd say "Do you want milk? Yes or No?" She say "No" because she was echoing the last word. So we didn't give her the milk. But then we'd ask again & switch the order of the "yes" or "no" part. It took her a little time, but she started understanding the relationship of the words to our response ...and she didn't get too frustrated because we guided her to respond so she could get what she wanted.
Mikko is doing so amazingly good 😊
As a Mom of a 5 year old autistic daughter I know the daily joys of seeing mine do or say something new.
My daughter was mostly non verbal until about 3 1/2 then she started counting and saying her ABC’s in sign language and using her voice. Then by 4 she started repeating words and saying words we finally discovered was her way of saying the word. At 4 we realized she could read, we were so amazed, that she was sounding out the words.
She gets so excited and stems when we understand what she is saying and/or reading.
She still doesn’t have conversations mostly yes and no answers to questions. She often stops playing to tell us something, but beyond that there is no long conversation. She is good at telling us what she wants, which is a blessing. She is definitely strong willed and determined. We are trying to work on her patience which she has very little. She gets quickly frustrated when we don’t understand what she is saying and has meltdowns when she doesn’t get what she asks for.
Which I’ve learned as partly our fault. We were so excited she was asking for things we would jump and get them for her, because we were so excited. Now she expects us to keep that up. 😅
It’s harder Somedays than others, but she brings me such joy. When she says I love you more or randomly gives me a hug.
I’ve learned to stop obsessing about what her future will be and enjoy our journey and everyday surprises.
I love watching your videos, because it’s Mikko’s journey and I love how patient and gentle you are with her. I am cheering you and your family on with each milestone and new goals Mikko achieves. Take care and I wish you all the best in the New Year!! God Bless ❤😊❤
Dear mom, thank you for your teaching, your patience, your kindness. These are being installed in her. I will pray for Niko every day along with a little boy named Adrienne who is a member of my family. Be blessed and know the battle is the Lords but the victory is yours. I ask for the blood of Jesus to cover your family and that the veil that covers her speech will be cracked open
and her destiny will be fulfilled in the name of Jesus, Amen and Amen.
💕💕💕🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
She will eventually talk. Don't stop speaking to her.
I’m not crying 😭 it’s amazing to have had the pleasure of watching Mikko grow and learn. I am no expert but she seemed to pic up on the counting without much of a prompt. When I first found your channel I don’t think Mikko would have been able to do that. Mom, Dad, brother & sister are really helping Mikko to live her best life!!
Progress with Mikko shows on mommas beautiful face so well. Love it. Made my heart warm.
I am autistic and use verbal stims and i have had friends with echolalia and based on my experience the verbal stims assist emotional regualtion, its soothing to us, like a pressure release. Very important to feel comfortable, safe and supported when making these sounds
Aw her progress is because of your love and patience with her by God's grace. Much love❤
My son had echolalia. He also has a speech and language disability. We sent him to public specialized school and he received speech therapy. Then we put him in a regular private school/kindergarten program and private speech therapy. He just started developing his own language skills during his pre-kindergarten kindergarten years. Maybe it was the extra time with storybooks and treats. Maybe it was the speech therapy (but therapist kept giving me praise for what I was doing at home) Maybe it was sport activities (basketball, soccer and swimming)that forced him to pay attention and use appropriate language. Maybe it was the countless hours of reading and learning how to spell 20 new words every week. He’s in a general education 6th grade now; he receives a lot of tutoring services while attending an online private school program. He’s making A’s, B’s and one C in cursive handwriting. I’m very happy with his progress. We always give him gifts that allows him to be more expressive with language (everything any kid would need to put on a puppet show including a multitude of puppets and stage); then we watch him put on a show. It worked! He will still most likely require tutoring until he graduates from high school.
I was excited when she said "two"🎉🎉. Thank you Precious, for sharing. I'm a nurse, and I am learning so much from your content, way beyond what the literature teaches. ❤
You can’t stop the sun from shining! Even on the cloudiest and rainiest days, it’s there and will shine through eventually! She’s shining bright and you and Dad are doing amazing! Keep loving her to find her own unique voice. ❤
I am so impressed by your wonderful parenting of Mikko. She's so adorable and happy, thanks to you and her father.
i'm a teacher and certified to work with autistic kids and am myself on the spectrum. you're doing an amazing job with the daily therapy you're giving her. i wish all parents would spend this time with their special needs children. you're her best teacher and you're doing everything right! i love your videos. ❤ best wishes
My 4 year old was extremely delayed in talking, he didn’t start until 27 months old and he also started out with echolalia and some simple things he had memorized like counting, abc’s, etc but now at 4 years old he’s fully conversational. He is still a little delayed from his peers but he gets speech therapy at preschool as well as an outside therapist that I take him to weekly. His journey to language has looked much different than the “norm” but he’s figured it out in his own way
Thank you! You just explained my situation, the difference is that I live in Africa and here in my country therapy is not very common or available, if at all very expensive. My boy will be four next month and he's better at interacting now, I'm sure they always figure it out in the long run, we need to be patient with them and encouraging 🙏🏾
How often does your child see a speech therapist? My soon to be 3-year old sees a therapist for 30mins every week. I don’t believe this is enough and haven’t seen any progress. He’s very limited in speech- he uses echolalia often and doesn’t initiate words on his own.
@@Genesis55555 I take him to speech therapy once a week for 1 hour and he also gets speech at school twice a week now that he’s in preschool but the things that have helped him more than anything else are being in school with other children and working with him at home and he just eventually started using his echolalia functionally and now he talks non stop. He still struggles some with understanding multiple step instructions and things like saying “he” instead of “I” when he wants something and mixing up his pronouns so speech is still really helping with that but getting him in a classroom with kids his age everyday has been a game changer for him. There was a point when I was extremely concerned he would never functionally speak.
Precious and Precious husband, you are one of the most brave and corageous peoble Ive ever gotten to know, now I can tell it has been really hard for everybody to keet trying, you keep on fighting for her and seeking other paths to help her cope and get over her difficulties though, she's just two years old, its a matter of time to start seeing more progress, really wish you the best, sending you a big hug, strenght and blessings. God loves you, may him also bless you.
I truly enjoy seeing Mikko make awesome progress! The world is yours babygirl!!!!
The love that you as parents show her. You and Mikko are so beautiful. Daddy is so in love with Mikko and it shows.
Mikko is progressing nicely, thanks to your gentle life style upbringing ! You sharing your story on autism, I’m sure is helping lots of other families. I truly admire how much you have educated yourself on the matter, in order to play a pivotal role in your children’s progress. ❤
This is so beautiful to watch mother and child
Hi. I like how you said a child is just borrowing your words but need to find their own. 😊 That was very profound. Nicely said.
She has progressed so much and looks so much less frustrated. You guys are amazing with her, she is precious💕
What a smart angel rooting for you Mikko, lots of love from South Africa 🇿🇦
i work with some kids who have echolalia, one kid in particular it was his way of communication and a way i could understand his emotions. Even though the words themselves didn’t make sense in context, when he was angry he would repeat scenes from movies where the person was angry. it’s different for everyone but i think sometimes the words have more meaning than simply repetition. I’ve also had kids who definitely echolalia is their way of stimming or self soothing
Precious I just wanna say how you’re doing a very good job working with your daughter Mikko too and I see the progress to success with her and in her and I’m very proud of how far she came from to now and kudos to you mom for having the patience to do so of taking the time to put this onto UA-cam to show us your everyday living of what you’re going thru and the obstacles that you’re going thru as well so god bless you and your family for taking the time out to wanting to share y’all life with the world on this channel and I just want to say thank you bcuz I know she’s going to do very well in life bcuz Mikko have a very strong foundation that’s standing aside to let her know that we got you baby girl and you go ahead with your bad self but in a good way though that you got this and god bless you and your family on your journey of success
My Grandson is 3 1/2, and does this. He was eval'd but was not dx'd with Autism but rather OCD and ADHD. I honestly believe the eval is wrong. He has been in speech since he was 2 and still does not initiate conversation. He DID recently start saying "maw maw" when he wants to get my attention. He can now repeat almost anything...but it's just not his own. He also lines up his toys, usually dinosaurs or horses, like your girl lined up her balls. Mikko is such a lovely girl and you are so patient with her. God Bless your family! I started watching your channel to learn more and possibly be able to help my grandson when he stays with me. I watch him 2 days a week while mom and dad work.
Are his parents pursuing this multiple diagnosis? At only 3 and half, give him time
My son was 4 and half before he was speaking on his own. He is at the top of class.now at age 14 and has always been a math whiz.
He always lined up his cars and crayons too. Wow, ocd and adhd, at 4 and a half! How do they know? How do doctors determine when a toddler gas ocd? They are toddlers! Sometimes I think we are seeking disorders when there are none.
Edit, 3 and a half years old with ocd diagnosis, I would be questioning that.
@@irenegonzalez201 They aren't pursuing anything. They were referred to testing by the pediatrician. The pediatrician suspected Autism.
@@GulfCoastGranny thank you. I hope the best for your grandson's future!
Mother of the Year!!!❤❤❤❤
Momma you're doing an amazing job with Mikko❤
Our baby girl is growing up and you're awesome parents and doing a phenomenal job. Keep God first as your family continues to watch Mikko grow❤❤❤❤❤
I'm always interested in the care of children even though I don't have them. Your involvement with your daughter is very interesting and professional. Thank you so much for sharing with your beautiful family.
Precious, have you ever heard of Gestalt Language Processing? It's more common in autistic people and, to me, it looks a lot like the way Mikko is picking up language!
In really basic terms, Gestalt processors learn whole phrases and their contextual usage before learning single words and how to string them together on their own. Maybe worth researching! I learned the same way as a kid 🙂
Precious, you are delightfully encouraging and creative with your teaching methods.
I enjoy watching your interaction with Mikko.
Mikko is responsive to everything about you as her mother and teacher. I'm so proud of the love and devotion you have as a mom and teacher.
Thank you for sharing your daily routine and teaching moments with your followers.
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Teary-eyed. You and your family are precious
You're doing such a wonderful job with her... I love y'all and watching the progression has been a joy
You are a wonderful mom, with a great family. Keep on searching what's best for you and for them
U r doing a brilliant job of helping Mikko. She is such a beautiful, bright child !!!
I usually had to explain echolalia to parents as an Exceptional Ed teacher of students in the Spectrum because some thought they were being uncooperative when told to stop repeating! I wish your channel was around 5 years ago! ❤ Thank you for all of your education! Mikko is adorable! ❤Also, does Mikko use PECS to communicate?
You speak very well. I love the way you express your daughter needs.
Your doing a great job with your daughter she's coming along so well. I have much respect for you for not given up when the going got hard. I sure everyday is the same but your love for your child tell you going as a warrior.
She's responding to you! That's amazing progress and not just echolalia or meaningless babble. My son starteduke that. Nothing.. then connecti g.. than.. full frases with some mistakes.which he repeats as he is practicing. It took 3 years. He is almost five. Have faith. Even When it's hard. ❤
I’m in tears bc I have a 24 month old(2yr old). And we are going through evaluations with birth to three program. My daughter doesn’t speak yet. She just babbles, she’s still on a nuk and she started walking at 15-16months. I try to make the best out of everyday. Some days are harder than others. I spent a lot of time confused, frustrated and stressed I thought bc I had her my first and only child at the age of 42, that it’s my fault and maybe I’m not doing something right! But watching your channel has given me a new found sense of purpose and strength and even courage! Thank you 🙏🏽 ❤
😢so great!! Mom u explained that well. So nice to see Mikkointeracting with you in repetition & keeping eye contact. 🙏for yr family!!❤❤❤❤much love I learn every time I watch!
Thank you for explaining this! A small suggestion I have for understanding: if you tried using 1-word verbs in American Sign Language (for example, the word sit), you could sign the word and say it, then show her the action. Perhaps that would help? Still... Mikko is the sweetest little girl, and I'm so happy for her!
GOD BLESS THIS MOTHER!!
You are a very good mother. I love how you take the time out with Mikko to help her better understand ❤️ GOD BLESS YOU ALL IN JESUS NAME 🙏
Thank you for sharing! Mikko is beautiful!
Mikko and you are doing just great! She will get better and better ..I can see the improvement...God bless you all
I too, do not have a child on the autism spectrum, but I think you have the most special, beautiful and loving family. I know Mikko is going to make you proud!
You are wonderful, you are actually teaching her better than most teachers
Keep working with her, love your patience 💞
Well, I'm to crying. Tears are flowing. I'm so happy with Mikko's progress. It may be slower that Mom wants. But Mom shows patience. Mikko is steadily moving forward. Mom, what will you do when she does go to school?? I think I would be crying. Eventually she will want more and more independence. Way to go Mikko!!!! 😊😊
Precious, Im so proud of u and ur husband. Sis, u are consistent with ur daughter teaching her and u and ur husband don't have any outside help rite now. Im so proud of baby girl! I smile watching her progress. Keep on doing what u guys are doing♥️♥️♥️
Thank you so very much. I now have a more gentle understanding.
Yay Mikko!! You all are doing great🎉 Blessings
I still randomly burst out with echolalia and for anyone not quite sure why we do it, I like to explain that if my brain hears a sound that it LOVES and that excites it, it just wants to keep repeating it.
I may repeat it until I've gotten the perfect pitch or tone, or just repeat it in different accents.
It's an instant dopamine boost and my partner and I have recently discovered I most likely have perfect pitch just from being able to mimic noises.
Just from watching the beginning, you’re doing a great job mummy.
She's doing really great
Praying that Mikko continues to grow emotionally and physically and able to reach God given purpose in her life, she has a story to tell!
Thank you for sharing, Precious.♥️
You give others hope. Thank you for sharing. ❤
Precious, I just want to say how being apart of your channel has made me a more patient gentle mom. The way you show just patience love and restraint with Mikko is beautiful. I seek to understand and sympathize more with my 4 year old. I let my daughter watch you and Mikko because she has an autistic friend and it helps her to understand how to play with her. I love your channel and I love seeing Mikko progress
My son was the same. We were surprised when he started speaking more clearly around 4, that what we thought was babbling was him actually singing, or saying a favorite phrase, just because or for a audio/vocal stim.
Hi Precious, really enjoy the detailed information and really enjoy watching Mikko grow. I talk about your family to others like they were my grandchildren❤. I loved seeing the twins the other day. I’m estranged from my daughter so I have adopted your kids and pray for them. Keep up your gentle touch and know that God is with all of you🙏🏼🙏🏼💕
So proud of Mikko, you and your husband for being gentle, I believe God to loose her tongue in his time and she'll develop her own speech pattern, I am praying and trusting God.👏🏾👏🏾❤️🙏🏾
I love your family, you do such a great job. With so much love ❤
This is stunning. Thank you for letting us in on the world according to Mikko ❤
I love watching her excel. My granddaughter also would skip to the next number, but the more you go over it she will ne doing it without your help. You're doing a beautiful job mom. ❤
At 7:55 when she handed you the toy from the shelf, it sure did sound like she said, "Play with meee!" I love watching y'all, and I marvel at your patience! What a beautiful family.
I’m so grateful for your content. It does get really frustrating at times but the progress is so rewarding. Echolalia can be a little funny at times 😂
Love seeing her progress. My son was just diagnosed with autism and uses echolalia, he’s four. I’m noticing that as he learns more words and understands their meanings he’s decreasing his echolalia, it’s taking time but he’s learning and it felt like I didn’t see progress for a long time, now week to week I’m seeing improvement
She is just Beautiful.🙏🏾
This made my day! Good job! She IS learning too - I know they repeat what they hear a lot but that is good. It is also the association of words - she is learning! xoxo
Mikko is doing so well🤗👏👏
She's doing great with her numbers ❤
I’m aspergers autism with echolalia
and when I was her age I had speech therapy and that helps. I use to start with copying tv commercials and new anchor voices
Keep going with speech therapy it’s helping
This was my daughter until she was five she’s six now and she say sentences read the books spelling she knows a lot now she’s improving receiving a B a therapy speech and older and I get so excited when I see your daughter growing and learning
Looks like she’ll be talking just fine with time. Keep up all the hard work, you’ll be rewarded soon when you’ll be having a full conversation with your daughter.
My grandson has autism, he’s 14 now didn’t start speaking until he 9 and he use echolalia I had to learn to ask him questions differently so he just wouldn’t repeat what I was saying or asking. You are doing a great job with your daughter💜💜
I love seeing Mikko's progress.👏🏾👏🏾❤
It sounded like when Mikko handed you that little bag she said "play with me" 😊 i have a 4 year old autistic son and he just started talking at around 3.5 years. I remember the first time he said i love you. I never thought id hear it. Mikkos doing great as are you. Keep up the great work! ❤
We learn by repeating things, I bet she understands more than we think because she knew you wanted to put the balls in the basket......you are a great mother
She's doing so good!!! Go Mikko!!
She's doing really well. My son has autism, though an adult now. As she grows and learns you will see her blossom and who knows what amazing hidden talent will emerge.
All smiles when i see this. ❤
Yayaaaa go Mikko this made me cry. My heart just burst with so much joy😊❤ you’re doing so amazing little mama keep going.
That is so awesome!! Lots of Love&Hugs 💜 🤗 🤗
My autistic 13 yr still has echolalia and it started when she was about 3 years old. She started with conversations she heard from home, school, and early childhood edutainment shows she watched. We are learning to incorporate her echolalia almost like a second language in our family. My daughter does it primarily to self regulate, but I listen intentionally. It gives me insight into her concerns. Recently, we learned from her speech therapist that this a part of Gesalt Language Processing. Over time, she has learned to engage in dialogue with us, but the echolalia definitely helps her before or after talking with us.
I know from experience of being around autistic children, they are brilliant at many things or one thing. They learn in different ways , at times but it's very interesting, to see the ways in which they learn. Patience is the virtue most needed when working with them, the love comes naturally.
I truly love you and Mikko ❤❤❤❤
She's such a very smart girl
Good job Mikko ! Your virtual aunts are so proud of you ❤
I KNEW this day would happen! 💕❤️💕
You know your numbers
Mikko: Yea!
Mikko: Yay
I love watching these videos of her development.