Guest guest Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Last year when my son was in the 5th grade, he was having trouble focusing in class so his teacher told him to "go next door" to work on his assignment. She meant the Learning Lab which was actually about 3 doors down but Dylan literally went next door to another teacher's room and got in trouble for not being where he was supposed to be. The teacher who sent him next door said "He knows what I meant" and I knew she was WRONG. It helped me push for the Asperger's testing and now that he's been diagnosed, I want to call that lady up and say "HELLO! HE DIDN'T 'KNOW' WHAT YOU 'MEANT'". But she's not at that school anymore. Dylan actually told me that teacher "hates me" and I had some struggles with her last year. She knew to fly right with me though b/c I didn't tolerate her negative behavior w/ my D Ray! Re: ( ) AS and Eye Contact When Eli was 3 or 4, when I had to discipline him I would say "Look mein the eye". He would lean in really close and literally look into myeyeballs from half an inch away. It was impossible not to laugh andthen he would start laughing too. I thought he was doing it to befunny and get himself out of trouble. Now I know he probably didn'treally understand what I meant by "look me in the eye". It's amazinghow their brains take things so literally! His eye contact has gottenbetter but his AS is on the mild end of the spectrum.Yesterday I said, "sit down here and work on those socks" meaning'put on your socks'. He asked why he needed to work on his socks,they aren't broken! He wasn't trying to be funny, he took my wordsvery literally.> >> > Having a conversation with someone is a lot more than just what is > > being said. I think teaching kids to look and what to look at/for is > > extremely important or else they are missing out on the wholediscussion.> > > > Roxanna> > Autism Happens> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 , what if you were to help him out a little? when he's in his 'begging phase'. example, if he ask, can I have a cookie, (instead of saying no) yes, after you eat your dinner, you can have 2 cookies. or Can I go outside to play?, Yes, after you complete all your homework, you can go outside to play for 20 minutes. or can I play my videos' - yes, you can, after you pick up all your toys from the floor. Just a thought Rosebrespoodles <@...> wrote: Drake has never been good at eye contact. I have always made himlook at me and repeat his instructions. Here lately he is in a beggingphase.If you tell him no, he begs and begs to get his way. Last week, Itold him that no means no and not to keep asking me over and overbecause I had made up my mind and the answer is no. SO I ask him tostop begging. He told me so matter of factly " then don;t tell me noNanny!".We couldn;t help but laugh. That was the TRUTH, he had no intentionsof not begging again. Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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