Re: Anyone have a Recess Club/Plan?

[Guest guest]

This information might help and give you some ideas. It is from a

conference. The time he is spending out at recess needs to be structured and

scheduled so he clearly understand start to finish. I would recommend the 1:1

teaching take place first, in a therapeutic environment with one typical peer

and

then carry it over to recess and lunch. Pam

_Playdate Conference Workshop_

(http://melindasmith.home.mindspring.com/Play/PlaydateComplete.htm)

[Guest guest]

Oh yes, this is good!

I found another article here:

http://aane.autistics.org/articles/news_11.html

It describes something I thought about recently. My son didn't play

with others

at recess until third grade. But he never complained about it. It

tells how, for

some kids with AS, recess is their chill time. They really don't

want to be involved

with others. It's their break. And for those kids, you really

shouldn't mess with it.

Let them be if they are not bothering others.

I don't think that's the case with my son anymore, but maybe there

are still days

that he needs a break at recess, instead of being involved with others?

At our case conference at the end of the year, the behavior

specialist was

talking about maybe videotaping a kickball game, as mentioned in this

article.

Kickball was *the* game last year...who knows what the game will be

next year. :-)

Thanks for the link!

Jackie

On Jul 3, 2006, at 7:00 AM, ppanda65@... wrote:

> This information might help and give you some ideas. It is from a

> conference. (http://melindasmith.home.mindspring.com/Play/

> PlaydateComplete.htm)

>

[Guest guest]

Here is a book recommendation. I have never read it but heard alot about it

a while back:

Gray, C. (1994). Taming the recess jungle: Socially simplifying recess

for students with autism and related disorders. Jenison, MI: Jenison Public

Schools

[Guest guest]

I ended up printing out the article at

http://aane.autistics.org/articles/news_11.html

and writing a two-page letter to the principal documenting

why we need a recess plan, and what types of issues are involved

(connecting

the article to some suggestions that have been made at case

conferences.)

Plus, I included 13 emails the teacher and I exchanged about recess

history

and the after-effects of a bad recess.

I will work on greater specifics as the summer goes on.

Jackie

[Guest guest]

I looked and looked for that Easter weekend, and could only find it

online used for $50!

I really like this article I found. It's getting them to acknowledge

he needs it that's the tough part.

Jackie

On Jul 3, 2006, at 7:40 PM, ppanda65@... wrote:

> Here is a book recommendation. I have never read it but heard

> alot about it

> a while back:

>

> Gray, C. (1994). Taming the recess jungle: Socially simplifying

> recess

> for students with autism and related disorders. Jenison, MI:

> Jenison Public

> Schools

>

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I took the study hall route myself. I just couldn't stand all

the noise on the playground and had absulutely no idea how to approach

my peers so I just felt more comfortable in the library reading

encyclopedias.

AMber

>

>

> My 10 yo had trouble at recess this year. He now wants to play

> games with other kids, but he has anxiety/competition issues.

> Plus, he's not very physically adept. And this whole interaction

> thing is pretty new to him. I have asked for a para for next

> year. And I want to write up some type of recess club/plan for him

> if he gets a para, and some other suggestions for if he doesn't. I

> suppose we need to have some social skills goals as the basis for

> what will be provided for him. I am not even sure where to start.

> We will be having a case conference right after school begins to

> address recess, and a whole new behavior plan since we were white-

> knuckling the last few weeks of school this year.

>

> Ideas?

>

> TIA,

> Jackie

> ph, 10, AS/ADHD

> , 12, PDD-NOS/ADHD, took the study hall route instead of

> recess in elementary

>