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How do you teach and aspie compassion?
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<blockquote data-quote="nvts" data-source="post: 183132" data-attributes="member: 3814"><p>This is a really good question! I agree that they have compassion, empathy as well, but they just don't "get" where it applies to others. If it's not something that impacts THEM, then they can't seem to get a grip on it and wrap themselves around the problem.</p><p> </p><p>Have you tried "Social Stories?" There's a great website where you can inexpensively personalize a story (your child's name, coloring, likes, dislikes, interests, etc) to fit whatever it is that you're trying to put across. They even let you do a free one as a sample to see if it will appeal to your child. <a href="http://www.sandboxlearning.com" target="_blank">www.sandboxlearning.com</a></p><p> </p><p>But if you really want to get insight as to how you're difficult child is thinking, do the freebie and then the two of you sit down and write a social story of your own WITH HIM writing the story. It was really insightful to see what his thought process was (totally skewed!) and gave me easier ways to spell things out to him. </p><p> </p><p>I found that giving him a comparison of the emotion to a situation that impacts HIM made it much clearer for him.</p><p> </p><p>For example: He loves YuGiOh cards. His brother loves Bionicle toys. difficult child 1 broke one of the Bionicles and couldn't get "why" his brother was so upset. I told him to close his eyes and imagine that I accidentally put his YuGiOh cards in the washing machine by mistake - I didn't mean to-it was accidental - but how did he feel? Whoa! What a po'd kid! He got the point and went and apologized for breaking the toy (after a lecture to me about making sure that there were NEVER cards in the clothes before I did wash! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />).</p><p> </p><p>I can't wait to see what the testing turns up...I've got dollars riding on you being right!</p><p> </p><p>Beth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nvts, post: 183132, member: 3814"] This is a really good question! I agree that they have compassion, empathy as well, but they just don't "get" where it applies to others. If it's not something that impacts THEM, then they can't seem to get a grip on it and wrap themselves around the problem. Have you tried "Social Stories?" There's a great website where you can inexpensively personalize a story (your child's name, coloring, likes, dislikes, interests, etc) to fit whatever it is that you're trying to put across. They even let you do a free one as a sample to see if it will appeal to your child. [URL="http://www.sandboxlearning.com"]www.sandboxlearning.com[/URL] But if you really want to get insight as to how you're difficult child is thinking, do the freebie and then the two of you sit down and write a social story of your own WITH HIM writing the story. It was really insightful to see what his thought process was (totally skewed!) and gave me easier ways to spell things out to him. I found that giving him a comparison of the emotion to a situation that impacts HIM made it much clearer for him. For example: He loves YuGiOh cards. His brother loves Bionicle toys. difficult child 1 broke one of the Bionicles and couldn't get "why" his brother was so upset. I told him to close his eyes and imagine that I accidentally put his YuGiOh cards in the washing machine by mistake - I didn't mean to-it was accidental - but how did he feel? Whoa! What a po'd kid! He got the point and went and apologized for breaking the toy (after a lecture to me about making sure that there were NEVER cards in the clothes before I did wash! :winking:). I can't wait to see what the testing turns up...I've got dollars riding on you being right! Beth [/QUOTE]
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