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Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath?
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<blockquote data-quote="whatamess" data-source="post: 549775" data-attributes="member: 7664"><p>The differentiation I make in egocentric behaivior in autism, is that there isn't intention to hurt or upset the another person, but if someone is hurt or upset and the child is being reprimanded for a self-centered action, I think they have a very difficult time being drawn away from their reasons and into perspective taking. I know a few Aspie kiddos whose reaction to being thwarted (either by being asked to stop an action (put that cookie back) or begin a new one) react with meltdowns. And as I'm sure any who has seen the throws of a meltdown, there isn't a whole lot of higher level cognition going on at that moment and definitely not perspective taking or empathy. I think this is where collaborative problem solving can have use with the persons on the spectrum that struggle with seeming to care, it lets people at least talk during a calm time and get all viewpoints heard. I wonder if Jules' child, would 'crack' a little during quiet moments of perspective taking and by crack, I do not mean, 'oh mommy, I am so sorry that my cookie-taking upset you', but more like, 'mom, I didn't know I needed to wait until after dinner. Next time I will wait until after dinner." In ALOT of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids that is equal to a hug, kiss and everlasting promise to please mom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="whatamess, post: 549775, member: 7664"] The differentiation I make in egocentric behaivior in autism, is that there isn't intention to hurt or upset the another person, but if someone is hurt or upset and the child is being reprimanded for a self-centered action, I think they have a very difficult time being drawn away from their reasons and into perspective taking. I know a few Aspie kiddos whose reaction to being thwarted (either by being asked to stop an action (put that cookie back) or begin a new one) react with meltdowns. And as I'm sure any who has seen the throws of a meltdown, there isn't a whole lot of higher level cognition going on at that moment and definitely not perspective taking or empathy. I think this is where collaborative problem solving can have use with the persons on the spectrum that struggle with seeming to care, it lets people at least talk during a calm time and get all viewpoints heard. I wonder if Jules' child, would 'crack' a little during quiet moments of perspective taking and by crack, I do not mean, 'oh mommy, I am so sorry that my cookie-taking upset you', but more like, 'mom, I didn't know I needed to wait until after dinner. Next time I will wait until after dinner." In ALOT of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids that is equal to a hug, kiss and everlasting promise to please mom. [/QUOTE]
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