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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 358736" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>How did it go, talking to the teacher? Did you get any closer to what probably happened?</p><p></p><p>We had this sort of problem with difficult child 3, often. And even if his story didn't match what others said, sometimes it was because he had not understood a situation, or he only knew one side of the story. I had to learn how to interrogate him without prejudicing his answers; he learned very early on, how to give the answer he thought the questioner wanted to hear.</p><p>So difficult child may not have knowingly lied in any way, but he still might not be telling the true story - if his social skills are poor, then he could have misread all sorts of things, including the teacher's reaction</p><p></p><p>I spent a lot of time talking to teachers. I also found it helped to cultivate other kids in the class so I could get the story from their vantage point. Inviting kids round for a movie or computer games, with popcorn on tap (I love my popcorn machine!) opened up a lot of communication doors and loosened kids tongues...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 358736, member: 1991"] How did it go, talking to the teacher? Did you get any closer to what probably happened? We had this sort of problem with difficult child 3, often. And even if his story didn't match what others said, sometimes it was because he had not understood a situation, or he only knew one side of the story. I had to learn how to interrogate him without prejudicing his answers; he learned very early on, how to give the answer he thought the questioner wanted to hear. So difficult child may not have knowingly lied in any way, but he still might not be telling the true story - if his social skills are poor, then he could have misread all sorts of things, including the teacher's reaction I spent a lot of time talking to teachers. I also found it helped to cultivate other kids in the class so I could get the story from their vantage point. Inviting kids round for a movie or computer games, with popcorn on tap (I love my popcorn machine!) opened up a lot of communication doors and loosened kids tongues... Marg [/QUOTE]
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