Re: Re: Structured approach - training social skills

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My school district did both Winner and RDI with my son. The exact program names weren't written into the IEP but strategies from both were utilized. They are still utilizing Winner's strategies with my son in middle school. has come and done several trainings for our Autism Project and my son's team has attended them all.

In a message dated 5/6/2009 8:27:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, susanonderko@... writes:

Bridgette my guess is the west coast folks are ahead of us on this.Even at private schools on the east coast the social skills do not go as far as Winner does in social thinking (how others think). So many schools social skill classes are geared to someone with ADHD (impulsive). You may have luck if you can afford to pay for some trainingor buy Winner's books and DVD for the school counselor or Speech Therapist. Perhaps if you pick a few of Winner's skills and try to get it added to the IEP you can have this addressed. We hired an advocate that argued that an integrated social skill program needed to be included in the IEP. They agreed to add a social skill class. Private schools will have there own programs and won't appreciate the advice. I don't think they do a better job with the social skill training itself. But they would offermore of it. I think with girls (I have an 11 year old) they need Winner's program. Girls do think alot about what others are thinking. I think boys can get away with talking about facts and hobbiesmore than girls. Pam -- In , "bridgette_0419" <bnicholson@...> wrote:>> Hi,> I just joined, and did a search on social skills, and came up with thousands of hits. And so, I'm sorry if I'm posting a similar question to ones which have previously been discussed, but I had a hard time sifting through all the social skills posts on this mailing list.> I have a nine-year-old daughter with AS and ADD. She is a remarkable child, and has come very far. There has been much improvement over the years. However, she still has significant deficits in the area of social thinking and social skills.> We have worked with her extensively at home. However, in the school environment, apart from some very basic therapy, there is very little focus on her social skills and pragmatics.> > I was wondering what your experiences are for those of you who have children with Asperger's in public school systems. Do any of you have teams who will work on a structured approach to training pragmatic language, social skills and social thinking? When I talk about a structured approach, I am thinking about something like the approach used by Winner in her book "Inside out: what makes a person with social cognitive deficits tick?" When I read that book, I realized that's exactly where my daughter is currently with her needs for developing social skills. I also recently got onto the RDI website, and need to look into that further. However, her educational team are just not interested in following any kind of structured approach.> > I would be very interested to hear your opinions about how educational teams should work towards training appropriate social interaction and social skills within the school environment? What has your experience been with the approach used for your child in their school?> > Thanks,> Bridgette>

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Hi Pam,

I will check out this link tonight. Thank you.

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