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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 377355" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>At one stage when it was obvious that difficult child 3 couldn't cope with unstructured play, I sent his gardening gloves along and left a small trowel for him at the school office so he could do some weeding in the school's garden beds during recess and lunch. It would have worked better if a teacher could have supervised or supported this; perhaps reminded difficult child 3 that he could garden, or directed him to an area that needed weeding. He used to weed for me from very young, he knew what plants to remove and which ones to leave. It calmed him down, had him out in the fresh air but also kept him away from the bullies. Although the bullies would still sometimes seek him out to hassle him even then; again, difficult child 3 needed supervision in order to keep him safe, there was no way he was skilled enough to learn "the hard way" by constant contact, how to cope with the bullies. Autistic kids just don't learn social skills that way and aI never could make the school understand this.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 377355, member: 1991"] At one stage when it was obvious that difficult child 3 couldn't cope with unstructured play, I sent his gardening gloves along and left a small trowel for him at the school office so he could do some weeding in the school's garden beds during recess and lunch. It would have worked better if a teacher could have supervised or supported this; perhaps reminded difficult child 3 that he could garden, or directed him to an area that needed weeding. He used to weed for me from very young, he knew what plants to remove and which ones to leave. It calmed him down, had him out in the fresh air but also kept him away from the bullies. Although the bullies would still sometimes seek him out to hassle him even then; again, difficult child 3 needed supervision in order to keep him safe, there was no way he was skilled enough to learn "the hard way" by constant contact, how to cope with the bullies. Autistic kids just don't learn social skills that way and aI never could make the school understand this. Marg [/QUOTE]
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