Social Interaction - Can they have Good Days & Bad Days?

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I was just curious, it seems like my son has been playing more with kids at

school for the last couple days and I was just wondering if it is normal for AS

kids to have a few good days, then go back to being " my friends won't play with

me " or if this is some sign of improvement in some way? Of course time will

tell. Plus he is just now being evaluated (age 6) so we are still waiting to

see if he will get the AS diagnosis. I think he probably will, but we'll see.

Anyway, I was just surprised to have him talk about the games he has been

playing with kids at school the last 2 days, but again, it may just be luck, or

good timing, where a kid happened to have the exact same idea as my son and play

successfully at something my son was interested in. They were playing some kind

of game revolving around the charaters in one of my sons fave video games, so...

not a big shock if that went well I guess!! Just wondering what everyone's

thoughts were...

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Yes, absolutely. With any kind of growth you are likely to see the old " one

step backwards, two steps forward, one step backwards " kind of pattern.

But my experience with my students on the spectrum is that development in social

areas is even more pronounced like that. I try to measure the progress over the

course of months rather than weeks.

I've got two students right now for the third year in a row. It was about the

middle of last year that people stopped being able to tell who in my class has

autism and who does not, whether they are on the playground or in the classroom.

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> I was just curious, it seems like my son has been playing more with kids at

school for the last couple days and I was just wondering if it is normal for AS

kids to have a few good days, then go back to being " my friends won't play with

me " or if this is some sign of improvement in some way? Of course time will

tell. Plus he is just now being evaluated (age 6) so we are still waiting to

see if he will get the AS diagnosis. I think he probably will, but we'll see.

Anyway, I was just surprised to have him talk about the games he has been

playing with kids at school the last 2 days, but again, it may just be luck, or

good timing, where a kid happened to have the exact same idea as my son and play

successfully at something my son was interested in. They were playing some kind

of game revolving around the charaters in one of my sons fave video games, so...

not a big shock if that went well I guess!! Just wondering what everyone's

thoughts were...

>

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I think that the other kids in school can learn not to be afraid of a child who is different and can loosen up and make friends.  In my situation, it has helped that my kids have gone to school with the same kids since kindergarten.  They are used to their differences and accept them who they are.  This is especially helpful for my son who is in high school.  Those kids from other schools who attend the high school are often " put in their place " by kids he's been attending school with all these years.  

Lindsey senhttp://5kidswdisabilities.wordpress.comOn Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Lori <have_faith_2008@...> wrote:

 

I was just curious, it seems like my son has been playing more with kids at school for the last couple days and I was just wondering if it is normal for AS kids to have a few good days, then go back to being " my friends won't play with me " or if this is some sign of improvement in some way? Of course time will tell.

 

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This seems to happen with my son as well, he has days when he comes home distraught be cause he has been bullied and other days when he comes home and says he's had a great day at school. I thik the games he plays that other kids play along with are ok for a while then my son will want tokeep playing exactly the same game but other kids will want to move on and play something different, and he doesn't seem to be able to go along with the changes, so reverts to playing himself.

From: Lori <have_faith_2008@...>Subject: ( ) Social Interaction - Can they have Good Days & Bad Days? Date: Saturday, 5 December, 2009, 1:55

I was just curious, it seems like my son has been playing more with kids at school for the last couple days and I was just wondering if it is normal for AS kids to have a few good days, then go back to being "my friends won't play with me" or if this is some sign of improvement in some way? Of course time will tell. Plus he is just now being evaluated (age 6) so we are still waiting to see if he will get the AS diagnosis. I think he probably will, but we'll see. Anyway, I was just surprised to have him talk about the games he has been playing with kids at school the last 2 days, but again, it may just be luck, or good timing, where a kid happened to have the exact same idea as my son and play successfully at something my son was interested in. They were playing some kind of game revolving around the charaters in one of my sons fave video games, so... not a big shock if that went well I guess!! Just wondering what everyone's thoughts

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