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A Plan to "Teach" Empathy - Input please?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 433803" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Me and my stupid questions again, but... </p><p> </p><p>How much of the interaction about issues, problems, etc. is <u>verbal</u>??</p><p> </p><p>I just noticed that you list Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) on her list of diagnosis's, and... Hmmm... we've started to learn that for some of these kids, <u>written</u> is something they comprehend better than verbal. So, you're on the right track to be writing down the hurts, but can you find ways to take the writing farther? Don't just "discuss" the items, maybe <u>write down</u> on the back of the card the key words? and keep the cards around in a "fixed" jar, or a binder, or something, so difficult child or anyone else can look it up again?</p><p> </p><p>You're also on the right track to make it apply to everyone... you may find that difficult child will be making lots of contributions! She is more aware of what is inbound than what is outbound (been there done that). Treat these seriously as well. Part of how she will learn empathy is to see it in action toward herself - the key word being <strong><u>see</u></strong>. Its happening all around her, but she isn't connecting the dots. "When I do x and you do y, that's empathy... oh..."</p><p> </p><p>But be warned... don't do this as a 1-week trial. It takes longer than that. We're less formal in our approach, and not specifically working on empathy or at least we didn't call it that... but after 2 months, we're starting to see some positive effects in behavior. Don't take that the wrong way - there were OTHER positive effects before that - signs of self-monitoring/self-awareness, positive contributions to discussions after the fact... </p><p> </p><p>Go for it - and keep us all posted!</p><p> </p><p>Maybe you should save all the bits of paper (organized by date of course)... and write a book about how to teach empathy? I don't think there's much "out there" on this subject yet!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 433803, member: 11791"] Me and my stupid questions again, but... How much of the interaction about issues, problems, etc. is [U]verbal[/U]?? I just noticed that you list Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) on her list of diagnosis's, and... Hmmm... we've started to learn that for some of these kids, [U]written[/U] is something they comprehend better than verbal. So, you're on the right track to be writing down the hurts, but can you find ways to take the writing farther? Don't just "discuss" the items, maybe [U]write down[/U] on the back of the card the key words? and keep the cards around in a "fixed" jar, or a binder, or something, so difficult child or anyone else can look it up again? You're also on the right track to make it apply to everyone... you may find that difficult child will be making lots of contributions! She is more aware of what is inbound than what is outbound (been there done that). Treat these seriously as well. Part of how she will learn empathy is to see it in action toward herself - the key word being [B][U]see[/U][/B]. Its happening all around her, but she isn't connecting the dots. "When I do x and you do y, that's empathy... oh..." But be warned... don't do this as a 1-week trial. It takes longer than that. We're less formal in our approach, and not specifically working on empathy or at least we didn't call it that... but after 2 months, we're starting to see some positive effects in behavior. Don't take that the wrong way - there were OTHER positive effects before that - signs of self-monitoring/self-awareness, positive contributions to discussions after the fact... Go for it - and keep us all posted! Maybe you should save all the bits of paper (organized by date of course)... and write a book about how to teach empathy? I don't think there's much "out there" on this subject yet!! [/QUOTE]
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