Guest guest Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 At our IEP meeting, my four year old son's teacher suggested showing him some movies that depicted good social interactions between children. Specifically, he is not doing well in T-Ball and she suggested renting Bad News Bears so he could familiarize himself with the idea. Does anyone have any other ideas about movies that may be good to show him for social skills in general? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Carol Gray at the Gray Center for Autism in Michigan has available video social scripts at http://www.thegraycenter.org/autismdisorders.cfm you can browse to see if any are available, they do have tapes regarding social skills. If you have access to your local community cable channel, usually about this time of year they show little league games that can be used. You probably can tape them and play over. Hope this can be a start for you, Barb <bec1974@...> wrote: At our IEP meeting, my four year old son's teacher suggested showing him some movies that depicted good social interactions between children. Specifically, he is not doing well in T-Ball and she suggested renting Bad News Bears so he could familiarize himself with the idea.Does anyone have any other ideas about movies that may be good to show him for social skills in general?Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 If you are looking for videos, you may want to try Fitting In and Having Fun (http://www.amazon.com/Fitting-Having-Fun-Vol-Amos- /dp/B0009JFDFY) (good for 3-6 grades). However, if you want to promote social skills in a particular situation, watching a video and learning those skills from a video may not necessarily transfer those skills to that situation. When we had problems in flag football, I took a video camera to the practice and taped the practice. We then watched the video with our child before the next practice and pointed out to him appropriate behaviors being exhibited by the other children. We also helped him idenify when he was exhibiting inappropriate social behaviors and helped him trouble-shoot how he could do better in the future. We also had someone out in the field with him (mom, dad, or tutor) to remind him to use appropriate social skills, and to facilitate appropriate social interaction. Since my son has been 4 (he is now 9), we have had someone with my son (a shadow aide) during most extracurricular activities. A shadow aide (me, my husband, or a tutor) stays in the background and helps all the kids, but also finds opportunities to facilitate good interactions between my son and the other kids. I hope this helps. Thanks. Debbie Z. > > At our IEP meeting, my four year old son's teacher suggested showing > him some movies that depicted good social interactions between > children. Specifically, he is not doing well in T-Ball and she > suggested renting Bad News Bears so he could familiarize himself with > the idea. > Does anyone have any other ideas about movies that may be good to show > him for social skills in general? > Thanks! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 - Could you make your own video? Perhaps some cousins or neighbors could do a mock T-ball game and display proper behavior, like saying encouraging words etc. Of course, you would want the camera to be close to the person speaking, otherwise you might not be able to hear anything. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I haven't seen it either...thanks for the heads up. I probably won't let him watch it if its questionable. I monitor his TV pretty closely. Its mostly Playhouse Disney, Noggin and Sprout for him! Sometimes I wonder about their experience. My son's symptoms are milder than they used to be, but we have changed the way we do everything in our family to get it that way. He does not seem to have many melt downs at school, but he responds very well to structure and routine. The times that I have been there he seems socially isolated for the most part. They had two school programs and he was unable to manage at them. I observed him one day for an hour and while he did play for a little while with another peer, he wandered around by himself the majority of the time. He was diagnosed by a private psychologist with PDD-NOS but is closer to Asperger's than Autism. His teacher does not agree with the diagnosis. She believes he is just a " spirited " child. They did include it for his IEP next year and gave him ESY for this year, but he is still in preschool. She suggested we get a second opinion after next school year. I think I am going to pull him out of the t-ball. The season is almost over and every game is just miserable for us and he ends up getting re-directed the entire time. I have tried a social story about the game, but it hasn't really helped. Now he is saying he wants to play soccer. Maybe I can get my nephews or neighbors to make a soccer movie for him. > > Has your child's teacher seen the Bad News Bears? > While I understand the idea .... the behavior in the Bad News Bears isn't something that I would want any of my children to learn. I won't let my 8 year old watch it. It seems to me that the teacher doesn't understand autism. The types of social skills that children w/ autism need to learn have to be very specifically taught. To think they are going to pick up on social skills in a movie that isn't specific ... well, personally I would highly question the teachers competence in dealing w/ my child with autism. > There are DVD's that teach social skills however the ones that I have found are very expensive. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 6:38 AM > Subject: [ ] Movies > > > At our IEP meeting, my four year old son's teacher suggested showing > him some movies that depicted good social interactions between > children. Specifically, he is not doing well in T-Ball and she > suggested renting Bad News Bears so he could familiarize himself with > the idea. > Does anyone have any other ideas about movies that may be good to show > him for social skills in general? > Thanks! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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