All About Autism
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It’s a judgement call how much poor social skills will affect a child’s experience in P1. If the social skills are not lagging too much, well, as others have pointed out, there are also NT kids who are not social or have idiosyncracies. I don’t think bullying is the only concern - the child should be at the level where he can learn from the social experiences, and not too far behind. Lagging too far behind and always struggling to keep up and understand will affect his self-esteem, and can have long-lasting repercussions. School is as much for social education as for academic learning.
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How and what can we do to improve child social behaviours ? Social skills? To improve his self esteem. -
Improving social behaviour is a constant part of life for any child, and more so for those who lag behind. When my daughter was young, I spent a lot of time explaining the kind of behaviour I wanted to see, trying to help her see the reasons for it, and what others would think about her behaviour, and getting her to practise the expected behaviour through role play, then putting it in action. We also used social stories to remind and reinforce as I found she absorbs well through the written word. It’s a long, slow process. And when she finds that she is accepted by her peers and can do things with them, even if only on the fringes, I think it helps her self-esteem.
And as the get older and more self-aware, you may have to explain to them that they are different from the "norm", and how that affects their perception of what behaviours are appropriate, odd, hurtful etc. They will need to find a balance between being themselves and not being so odd/inappropriate that others avoid them. -
Snow24:
I am grateful that my ASD daughter has two elder sisters that she can learn from. They are her best social mates, and best teachers. When they play together, she has a mix of interactive play and parallel play with them.Hi
How and what can we do to improve child social behaviours ? Social skills? To improve his self esteem.
Their cousins come over during the weekend, and my daughter has begun to play with her younger cousin. She used to ignore the other kids, but now she is becoming more aware of their presence. It's quite a slow process, but I do see some baby steps.
Skills wise, I am still teaching her about the proper ways of maintaining a conversation. Sometimes she gets it, sometimes she doesn't.
I think lack of social skills will always be a deficit for my doter, we just have to keep trying. -
Are there any easy to use books or diy programmes to teach kids social language?
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ammonite:
Are there any easy to use books or diy programmes to teach kids social language?
Do you mean conversation? I wouldn't want to use a book, actually, as they will probably be written in the west and may not be very applicable here. If you have to tweak them, you might as well write them yourself. I just used situations that my daughter found difficult and helped her practise a few possible openers and responses. -
ammonite:
Are there any easy to use books or diy programmes to teach kids social language?
I used the social skills picture book. U can borrow from library first to see if it's suitable. -
slmkhoo:
I'm not very sure, to be honest. Stuff like rhetorical questions and perhaps body language, and understanding other people's feelings. Are there guidebooks for things like these?ammonite:
Are there any easy to use books or diy programmes to teach kids social language?
Do you mean conversation? I wouldn't want to use a book, actually, as they will probably be written in the west and may not be very applicable here. If you have to tweak them, you might as well write them yourself. I just used situations that my daughter found difficult and helped her practise a few possible openers and responses. -
mashy:
Oh yes, something like this. Is there a title that I can look up?ammonite:
Are there any easy to use books or diy programmes to teach kids social language?
I used the social skills picture book. U can borrow from library first to see if it's suitable. -
ammonite:
Oh yes, something like this. Is there a title that I can look up?[/quote]That's the title.mashy:
[quote=\"ammonite\"]Are there any easy to use books or diy programmes to teach kids social language?
I used the social skills picture book. U can borrow from library first to see if it's suitable.
The social skills picture book by Jed baker.
I found it useful when teaching my son coz it comes with pictures and different social situations.
We also did reenactment so that he learns to mouth out proper words and behavior.
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