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<blockquote data-quote="Abbey" data-source="post: 65815" data-attributes="member: 179"><p>I have had the joy of teaching 2 Asperger's kids for the past 4 years. They are the most unique and loyal students. They are fortunate enough to go to a very small private school where they are widely accepted as they are, and have a lot of individual attention.</p><p></p><p>What I have learned from them (they have taught me more than any college course could) is that you have to be very specific in what you want. For example: When I greet them I say, "Hey...how are you today?" Their typical response is, "Good."</p><p></p><p>After the first year of getting to know them I challenged them to come up with a different answer each day. They <strong>LOVED</strong> it. MY vocabulary has increased because of them.</p><p></p><p>I noticed that one of them has the need to doodle ALL the time, but is still quite capable of learning the material. I asked him to doodle me a cartoon of what we were learning. He does that daily now and I have a great visual book of my lessons!</p><p></p><p>I am not an expert by any means with Asperger's, but it appears that they are very task oriented. These two are highly intelligent, but don't get the social cues that other's do. It does not mean that cannot...they just need to be directed on what is socially 'normal.' It is a forced issue for them, but seem to really be happy to rise to the challenge.</p><p></p><p>On the parent side, I recommended the older child for the Eisenhower International Ambassordor program for this summer. This was a HUGE issue the parents who have constantly had to be there for their child and dreaded the thought of him by himself. End of long story...he went <strong>BY HIMSELF</strong> on a tour of six different countries this summer. :bravo: </p><p></p><p>Now comes the Asberger's - he would never tell me how much fun he had, but I had to specifically ask him how it was. I had to use specific terms such as: Did you have fun? What was fun? What exactly did you learn? Tell me one place you visited. Who did you like spending time with?</p><p></p><p>He would never volunteer this information, but when asked small pieces of time you could see his happiness. I was so thrilled for him to take this step, which was huge for all involved. I understand the need to protect kids with special needs, but sometimes you just need to let them fly.</p><p></p><p>Abbey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abbey, post: 65815, member: 179"] I have had the joy of teaching 2 Asperger's kids for the past 4 years. They are the most unique and loyal students. They are fortunate enough to go to a very small private school where they are widely accepted as they are, and have a lot of individual attention. What I have learned from them (they have taught me more than any college course could) is that you have to be very specific in what you want. For example: When I greet them I say, "Hey...how are you today?" Their typical response is, "Good." After the first year of getting to know them I challenged them to come up with a different answer each day. They [b]LOVED[/b] it. MY vocabulary has increased because of them. I noticed that one of them has the need to doodle ALL the time, but is still quite capable of learning the material. I asked him to doodle me a cartoon of what we were learning. He does that daily now and I have a great visual book of my lessons! I am not an expert by any means with Asperger's, but it appears that they are very task oriented. These two are highly intelligent, but don't get the social cues that other's do. It does not mean that cannot...they just need to be directed on what is socially 'normal.' It is a forced issue for them, but seem to really be happy to rise to the challenge. On the parent side, I recommended the older child for the Eisenhower International Ambassordor program for this summer. This was a HUGE issue the parents who have constantly had to be there for their child and dreaded the thought of him by himself. End of long story...he went [b]BY HIMSELF[/b] on a tour of six different countries this summer. [img]:bravo:[/img] Now comes the Asberger's - he would never tell me how much fun he had, but I had to specifically ask him how it was. I had to use specific terms such as: Did you have fun? What was fun? What exactly did you learn? Tell me one place you visited. Who did you like spending time with? He would never volunteer this information, but when asked small pieces of time you could see his happiness. I was so thrilled for him to take this step, which was huge for all involved. I understand the need to protect kids with special needs, but sometimes you just need to let them fly. Abbey [/QUOTE]
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