>>>> Oddly, for other-than-normal children this works very well. An autism >>>> trainer we worked with referred to it as "catching him doing something >>>> right."
I can see that, Nancy - if you have someone with a learning block, or with limited verbal/language skills and you need to be very, very focused. >>>> With kids who are developing typical language skills, I don't know why >>>> you'd bother. That's what I meant - if you have a good, functioning relationship with a complex language in place, why bother with a "bridging" language? To me, that seems to be throwing away more language options than you're using. >>> As for the clicker training question, I was looking for some sort of >>> inter-active activity I could do with Greta, just to enhance her life. >>> She looks bored. Baby birds are "blank slates" for a while, especially Grays. (She IS an African Gray, right?) Their language skills are slower to come than some.... but boy, is the wait ever worth it! I think that's a developmental issue, and is somewhat inevitable. She will mature - believe me! It probably wouldn't hurt to try a few things to accelerate the process, but she'll get there, with time. Karen Thomas, NC
