Liverbird wrote:
Social skills training is really more effective when used as teachable moment training. For example, you do the up front work with providing scripts, etc. for appropriate conversations/interactions or whatever. Then once you are in the situation, then you cue the person into the act of remembering the scripts. It's also really good to follow up good interactions as well as bad with repracticing and re-enacting those things afterwards and then giving ways to alternatively do these interactions.
This is really effective especially with higher functioning kids. I agree that it's difficult to teach social skills, but it's really more about creating a menu of choices for interactions for these guys. I've always taught my son that way and I use lots and lots of social stories. I find myself using these techniques in social situations where I'm unsure as well.
It's not fool proof and it's not autistic interaction for dummies manual material, but it is useful and does work sometimes!
that is what my son will be getting. he will play games and do activities with other kids and the therapist will be using teachable moments, especially with situations he make encounter in the school setting. I will let you know what I think. I heard social stories are good.
23 Jul 2008, 6:18 pm
