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Mother of an 8 year old out of control Aspergers child!
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 435244" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>With anything on the autism spectrum, sometimes you have to go where the child is and start from there. I worked this out for myself, then a school librarian suggested I read "Son Rise" and the dad who wrote that said pretty much the same thing.</p><p></p><p>So how about you begin with the Wii? Do it for yourself, do not go out of your way to engage him. Just get on the thing and have fun for yourself. But if he nags you to let him have a turn as well, let him. Use this to introduce turn taking - there are some fun things you can do, besides the fitness/neurofeedback stuff. difficult child 3 & I take turns on the balance games and try to beat each other's scores. But another really fun game for autistics/Aspies - somewhere in the ten pin bowling, I think it is in Wii Sports Resort, there is a 100 pin bowling option. Our family plays this one differently - it's really wild and these Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids love it - you try to knock over as FEW pins as possible. And you watch every pin, it's an amazing domino effect.</p><p></p><p>It seems to me you have two aims. First, to work on neurofeedback. Second, to find some way of connecting with him on his ground to begin with, so you can then use this connectedness to lead him a little at a time away from so much gaming.</p><p></p><p>In some respects, you may have to step right back and start at the basics with the autism aspects. Meet him where he is then lead him out gently. Read "Son Rise" if you can - hopefully it won't give you the whoopsies like it did me, to a certain extent. I got some good stuff out of that book but there were long passages that annoyed me a bit.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 435244, member: 1991"] With anything on the autism spectrum, sometimes you have to go where the child is and start from there. I worked this out for myself, then a school librarian suggested I read "Son Rise" and the dad who wrote that said pretty much the same thing. So how about you begin with the Wii? Do it for yourself, do not go out of your way to engage him. Just get on the thing and have fun for yourself. But if he nags you to let him have a turn as well, let him. Use this to introduce turn taking - there are some fun things you can do, besides the fitness/neurofeedback stuff. difficult child 3 & I take turns on the balance games and try to beat each other's scores. But another really fun game for autistics/Aspies - somewhere in the ten pin bowling, I think it is in Wii Sports Resort, there is a 100 pin bowling option. Our family plays this one differently - it's really wild and these Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids love it - you try to knock over as FEW pins as possible. And you watch every pin, it's an amazing domino effect. It seems to me you have two aims. First, to work on neurofeedback. Second, to find some way of connecting with him on his ground to begin with, so you can then use this connectedness to lead him a little at a time away from so much gaming. In some respects, you may have to step right back and start at the basics with the autism aspects. Meet him where he is then lead him out gently. Read "Son Rise" if you can - hopefully it won't give you the whoopsies like it did me, to a certain extent. I got some good stuff out of that book but there were long passages that annoyed me a bit. Marg [/QUOTE]
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