Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 I haven't posted for awhile but wanted to answer on the maturity discussion. is in a self contained class so the maturity levels are about the same. She has a friend who lives in our apartment building. The girl is 9, is 10. They get along very well and her friend is great with . I have even heard her tell to act like a 10 year old when she wasn't. is learning how to interact and play with her but I still have to intervene at times when gets bossy or starts acting spoiled. But for the most part they play well together. loves barbies and I don't discourage her from playing with them. She brings them to the park and they are in my car. She is always talking to them. That is the way she is and it is ok with me. I am not sure if she gets picked on at school. Her school is on top of stuff like that. Whenever we run into kids from her school they are always saying hello to her. She never says anything about people picking on her. I often wonder if she would even pick up on it. Most times she is happy to play by herself and as always she wants to be with me. She is way to attached to me. Take care Jeanne (mom to Nick 16, le 15, 10 mds) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 I know that i have spoken on several occassions about Ariel's lack of maturity so if I am repeating myself i apologize...LOL.Ariel has become very mature as of lately.Still not up to age appropriate but all of a sudden she is a bit more closer to a 10 year old.She only has one little girl in her class and i dont think that they have become particularly close.But that could just have to do with different interests etc.I hope that next year there will be a few more girls in her class.Several little girls did come to her birthday party in January.I know that them coming does have a lot to do with understanding parents but it is still nice to know that this girls are respectful of her in school.Ariel attends a " Friendship " club afterschool once a week and this has helped her to learn specifically what to do in certain situations.They role play and such.This has helped her tremendously.Perhaps this could help with your children as well. Take care Mom to Ariel 10 MDS & the Twins 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 In a message dated 5/26/2004 5:00:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, imdsapresident@... writes: Please tell us more about this Friendship club! To all, I am very fortunate to be in a very good school district.(Let my real estate taxes attest to that..LOL)Anyway...my district has taken the children in her school (with an IEP) that have social concerns and have made an after school social club of sorts. They meet all year one time a week, after school with a social worker, special ed teacher, and different therapists etc..The adults simply run the club..sort of like the den leader..and they role play. For example " You are over your friends house playing video games and its your turn......what do you do? " Then they discuss what how it should be handled, how it shouldnt be handled,what you could say etc.Of course all of this is put in child friendly examples. Kind of like when you are going on a job interview and you run through your head what you are going to say when they ask you why you left your last job....We all know its because the boss was a #$*$* but we say we had artistic differences..They give the children what the appropriate way of going about things would be because our children would say that the boss was a $#@! Where you and I pick up social behaviors from those around us children with social concerns need to be taught the appropriate way of acting.Doing it in a social club with their peers gets better results than MOM and DAD drilling it in there head because we are telling them not really showing them.We cant because we arent at school or in their social situations etc. Ariel is able to benefit a great deal from this and other things that our district has done for children like her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 , Please tell us more about this Friendship club! Kristy jaaaj@... wrote: I know that i have spoken on several occassions about Ariel's lack of maturity so if I am repeating myself i apologize...LOL.Ariel has become very mature as of lately.Still not up to age appropriate but all of a sudden she is a bit more closer to a 10 year old.She only has one little girl in her class and i dont think that they have become particularly close.But that could just have to do with different interests etc.I hope that next year there will be a few more girls in her class.Several little girls did come to her birthday party in January.I know that them coming does have a lot to do with understanding parents but it is still nice to know that this girls are respectful of her in school.Ariel attends a " Friendship " club afterschool once a week and this has helped her to learn specifically what to do in certain situations.They role play and such.This has helped her tremendously.Perhaps this could help with your children as well. Take care Mom to Ariel 10 MDS & the Twins 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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