Now that we are back to school, Ryan needs to get reaquainted with socializing appropriately with kids his own age. Last year his counselor reported that Ryan has difficulty at times playing with other children. He wants them to do things his way and has meltdowns when they don't. I saw a taste of that this week as he played with our neighbor, who is just a year older than him. Ryan became so frustrated and bossy with how they needed to play a game, that the little boy ended up playing with Julia instead. Phil has noticed this as well with Ryan on the soccer field. Many of the players now notice Ryan's erratic behavior and shy away from him. Behaviors he used to get away with as he was younger and playing with younger children do not go over so well with kids who are more mature than he is. He draws a lot of attention to himself and most kids his age do not know how to react to him, and they certainly don't understand or know enough to have the patience to deal with his disability. I can say the same for many adults as well. I continue to fear that he will have a difficult time keeping friends. Ryan attends a small group counseling session once per six day cycle at school, but I don't know if it is enough. Maybe it is okay for now, but I think at some point we may need to plea for an increase, or bring him for sessions to a counselor outside of school.
A few pictures from this week...
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| Marching with their soccer teams in the Community Day parade. |
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Hi Dawn - Have you considered social modeling videos? They have them on difflearn.com as well as on youtube I believe. We use them for ABA sessions to teach children appropriate socialization skills then fade the videos out (since they are considered a prompt) when the child seems to have acquired the appropriate skills independently. - Alyce
ReplyDeleteI will try them out; thank you for the suggestion!
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