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<blockquote data-quote="OTE" data-source="post: 555204"><p>Mine is almost 18 and has been doing social skills work formally since it came to schools. I don't think there's one way to do it since every Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) person is different. I think the first thing is to notice the problem area at the current age. That's pretty much how we've done it. eg when mine was little he couldn't stand to lose at a game, he'd have a good cry if he did. So we worked on rewards for tolerating the loss, congratulating the winner, assuring the other players that they'd win next time, etc. For awhile kept track of how many times he won or lost so he could understand that everyone "took a turn" at winning. Took a few years but he improved consistently and eventually got it so no problems now. When in middle school had trouble cause he gave everyone hugs, even strangers in stores. Teacher drew concentric circles of different colors. Each circle was a relationship, stranger, acquaintance, someone you see every day but don't know (eg schoolmate or neighbor), ..... down to family in inside circle. Similar to what you describe as a "worksheet". Works for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) because they're usually totally visual learners. There used to be a member here named Kat who always gave the best advice. She said that it took daily family coaching as a child and one on one daily coaching by her husband for her to learn to function as a NT. That is, her husband would stand next to her and nudge her to shake someone's hand. My son is still learning, sometimes I find that he needs brutal honesty from myself or his bros to understand that forgetting deodorant is not acceptable, etc. Hints are just too subtle. He already knows that brutal honesty is only acceptable in that inner circle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OTE, post: 555204"] Mine is almost 18 and has been doing social skills work formally since it came to schools. I don't think there's one way to do it since every Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) person is different. I think the first thing is to notice the problem area at the current age. That's pretty much how we've done it. eg when mine was little he couldn't stand to lose at a game, he'd have a good cry if he did. So we worked on rewards for tolerating the loss, congratulating the winner, assuring the other players that they'd win next time, etc. For awhile kept track of how many times he won or lost so he could understand that everyone "took a turn" at winning. Took a few years but he improved consistently and eventually got it so no problems now. When in middle school had trouble cause he gave everyone hugs, even strangers in stores. Teacher drew concentric circles of different colors. Each circle was a relationship, stranger, acquaintance, someone you see every day but don't know (eg schoolmate or neighbor), ..... down to family in inside circle. Similar to what you describe as a "worksheet". Works for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) because they're usually totally visual learners. There used to be a member here named Kat who always gave the best advice. She said that it took daily family coaching as a child and one on one daily coaching by her husband for her to learn to function as a NT. That is, her husband would stand next to her and nudge her to shake someone's hand. My son is still learning, sometimes I find that he needs brutal honesty from myself or his bros to understand that forgetting deodorant is not acceptable, etc. Hints are just too subtle. He already knows that brutal honesty is only acceptable in that inner circle. [/QUOTE]
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