Re: Re: what a night! and morniong!

[Guest guest]

> btw..can I ask, what is 's handwritting like? Mitchel's is sooo

> awful, you have to decipher it, he just has no fine motor skills for

> writing.

It is getting WAY better - he's really taking more time to form his letters.

Since I just have him write at home, I imagine they're giving him extra

support in the sped resource room during school.

He forms all his letters in a backwards sequence, though -- for a 'g', he'll

start the tail first, drawing it from the bottom to the top, and then form

the circle in a clockwise move.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

You just described 's attempts at letter formation. Unfortunately he

didn't improve in 4 1/2 years of school so they are having him work with

AlphaSmart now and took the pressure off him to write.

Maybe you need to write a list of rules for friendship for and tell him

if he follows these he will have more luck/fun with friends?

Sue

[Guest guest]

You just described 's attempts at letter formation. Unfortunately he

didn't improve in 4 1/2 years of school so they are having him work with

AlphaSmart now and took the pressure off him to write.

Maybe you need to write a list of rules for friendship for and tell him

if he follows these he will have more luck/fun with friends?

Sue

[Guest guest]

does this help??

http://www.polyxo.com/socialstories/

M.G.mum to

Sebastian, 11 kinda quirky(NT)

Rowan, 6 extra quirky (ASD)

married to and living in Northern Ontario

Re: Re: what a night! and morniong!

> Maybe you need to write a list of rules for friendship for and tell

him

> if he follows these he will have more luck/fun with friends?

That's a VERY good idea, Sue!

Thanks!

Jacquie

-wondering where the heck to start....

[Guest guest]

> Maybe you need to write a list of rules for friendship for and tell

him

> if he follows these he will have more luck/fun with friends?

That's a VERY good idea, Sue!

Thanks!

Jacquie

-wondering where the heck to start....

[Guest guest]

> Maybe you need to write a list of rules for friendship for and tell

him

> if he follows these he will have more luck/fun with friends?

That's a VERY good idea, Sue!

Thanks!

Jacquie

-wondering where the heck to start....

[Guest guest]

> does this help??

>

> http://www.polyxo.com/socialstories/

A little...but you reminded me that I have a book of social stories and a

huge activity book with worksheets called " Social Skills Activities for

Special Kids " that I got from Webber -- time to get them out! So THANK YOU

for prompting me to remember them!

We're starting with the already without realizing it, I think, after Ben

leaves - by talking about what happened and re-scripting it for him. He's

driving Ben away with his competitive nature and his inability to

acknowledge when Ben does something well.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

Re: Re: what a night! and morniong!

>

> > Maybe you need to write a list of rules for friendship for and tell

> him

> > if he follows these he will have more luck/fun with friends?

>

>

> That's a VERY good idea, Sue!

>

> Thanks!

>

> Jacquie

> -wondering where the heck to start....

Hey, I never said I had ALL the answers.......;-)

Sue

[Guest guest]

Tony Attwood actually talked about this. He called it " winning the

Friendship game " , basically while if you don't win (or do) at a game and

learn to act gracefully, that you will have won the Friendship game. I'll

dig out my notes.

Penny :-D

Re: Re: what a night! and morniong!

> Maybe you need to write a list of rules for friendship for and tell

him

> if he follows these he will have more luck/fun with friends?

That's a VERY good idea, Sue!

Thanks!

Jacquie

-wondering where the heck to start....

[Guest guest]

Tony Attwood actually talked about this. He called it " winning the

Friendship game " , basically while if you don't win (or do) at a game and

learn to act gracefully, that you will have won the Friendship game. I'll

dig out my notes.

Penny :-D

Re: Re: what a night! and morniong!

> Maybe you need to write a list of rules for friendship for and tell

him

> if he follows these he will have more luck/fun with friends?

That's a VERY good idea, Sue!

Thanks!

Jacquie

-wondering where the heck to start....

[Guest guest]

> Tony Attwood actually talked about this. He called it " winning the

> Friendship game " , basically while if you don't win (or do) at a game and

> learn to act gracefully, that you will have won the Friendship game. I'll

> dig out my notes.

I read about that at Connections Centre.

Of course, learned to circumvent by saying, " thanks for letting me

lose, mom. "

Jacquie