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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 619686" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>The social skills classes can be very helpful, if well done. Have they considered a "circle of friends?" It's a group of children who meet together once a week or so with the stated goal of helping one child and an unspoken goal of helping others. For instance, when daughter was in grade 4, they made a circle for an autistic boy in her class. They chose a bully, an introvert and a couple of other kids to be in the circle. daughter cried when she wasn't chosen; the teacher told me daughter could run a group like that and now, guess what, she's in a masters' program for a Special Education degree! The bully became less so, the introvert learned to stand up for herself, etc. All in all, I think social skills classes have a place but you need to find out what they are doing and how.</p><p></p><p>As for the other part, I agree that the prompt should be consistent in all classes. It should be a word or phrase chosen with Knight so it has meaning to him and it should be something neutral and not designed to single him out if other kids overhear. Also, if he has to leave class, where does he go and what happens there?</p><p></p><p>It sounds like your school is at least trying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 619686, member: 3493"] The social skills classes can be very helpful, if well done. Have they considered a "circle of friends?" It's a group of children who meet together once a week or so with the stated goal of helping one child and an unspoken goal of helping others. For instance, when daughter was in grade 4, they made a circle for an autistic boy in her class. They chose a bully, an introvert and a couple of other kids to be in the circle. daughter cried when she wasn't chosen; the teacher told me daughter could run a group like that and now, guess what, she's in a masters' program for a Special Education degree! The bully became less so, the introvert learned to stand up for herself, etc. All in all, I think social skills classes have a place but you need to find out what they are doing and how. As for the other part, I agree that the prompt should be consistent in all classes. It should be a word or phrase chosen with Knight so it has meaning to him and it should be something neutral and not designed to single him out if other kids overhear. Also, if he has to leave class, where does he go and what happens there? It sounds like your school is at least trying. [/QUOTE]
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