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From: Rosemarie
Date: 19 Oct 2010
Time: 16:40:42 -0500
Remote Name: 86.129.241.142
Hi Julie, I apologize for my late response but unexpected family events have kept me away from my computer for a few days. I’m pleased you enjoyed the article. I think it is helpful to therapists and parents if we try and focus on one approach at a time. It makes the implementation of the approaches less confusing and also allows us to evaluate how effectively that approach is working with a particular child. If we use two approaches at the same time and the child makes progress it can be hard to tell what is being helpful. However, when using a direct approach there may be learning that goes on that is secondary to what we are focusing on and, in that sense, there may be some other indirect components. So I guess I’m saying we can’t always be absolutely sure that what we are doing is causing a change but at least if we limit ourselves to one approach at a time we may all be a bit clearer about what we’re doing. Best wishes