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If you are an adult with ASD, this question may ring a bell. Indeed, some professionals have taught social skills to children with autism during the last decades.
Unfortunately, their interventions did not work so well.
Even if realized by people specialized in teaching social skills, these interventions were too often disappointing… But why is it so?
Because most of the time, adults with ASD had already learned social skills before being diagnosed.
Probably at school, by observing movies or TV series, they have adopted some behaviors to show their emotions or intelligence.
However, these same behaviors are not adapted for interactions between peers…
These difficulties to understand others’ feelings were reported by children with autism during studies about empathy.
Indeed, these studies show that children with ASD have difficulties attributing emotion to another person’s face.
They are not able to identify the feeling expressed on the other person’s face. For example, they may see a happy face but they will not be sure if the person is happy, sad, scared or angry.
Therefore, when teaching social skills, we should focus more on the situation than on the behavior itself.
During social interactions, several factors can explain behaviors such as autistic children’s lack of emotion sharing which may lead to rejection by their peers.
For example, it has been shown that peers feel less comfortable with children with autism when they are in subtle situations rather than in arousing or clear situations.
Certainly not.
Children with autism are perfectly able to learn social skills like any other child…
But they need adults who can help them understand which behaviors are adapted for each type of situation.
Homework, more than often used in psychoeducational, could be an interesting way to teach social skills because it allows the child (and the parent) to practice between sessions.
One of the main difficulties that these children have is understanding other people’s feelings. They find it hard to identify the emotion that is being expressed on someone’s face.
This can make social interactions difficult and lead to them being rejected by their peers.
In order to help these children, adults need to focus more on the situation than on the behavior itself.
This will help them understand which behaviors are appropriate for each type of situation.
Yes, adults with autism can learn social skills.
However, they need help from adults who can explain which behaviors are appropriate for each type of situation. This will help them understand which behaviors are adapted for social interactions.
Additionally, homework could be used as a way to help children with autism practice their social skills between sessions.
Children with autism are perfectly able to learn social skills like any other child.
However, they need help from adults who can explain which behaviors are appropriate for each type of situation.
This will help them understand which behaviors are adapted for social interactions. Additionally, homework could be used as a way to help children with autism practice their social skills between sessions.
Do children with autism have trouble understanding other people’s feelings?
One of the main difficulties that these children have is understanding other people’s feelings.
They find it hard to identify the emotion that is being expressed on someone’s face. This can make social interactions difficult and lead to them being rejected by their peers.
In order to help these children, adults need to focus more on the situation than on the behavior itself. This will help them understand which behaviors are appropriate for each type of situation.
Additionally, homework could be used as a way to help children with autism practice their social skills between sessions.
Children with autism have trouble understanding other people’s feelings and this can lead to them being rejected by their peers.
Understanding other people’s feelings are one of the main difficulties that children with autism have. They find it hard to identify the emotion that is being expressed on someone’s face.
This can make social interactions difficult and lead to them being rejected by their peers. In order to help these children, adults need to focus more on the situation than on the behavior itself.
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How to treat people with autism?
There is no single way to treat people with autism.
However, adults need to focus more on the situation than on the behavior itself. This will help them understand which behaviors are appropriate for each type of situation.
These people have different ways of being treated. However, adults need to focus more on the situation than on the behavior itself.
This will help them understand which behaviors are appropriate for each type of situation.
Conclusion
The main difficulty that children with autism have is understanding other people’s feelings. Therefore, adults need to focus more on the situation than on the behavior itself in order to help these children.
Children with autism are perfectly able to learn social skills like any other child, but they need help from adults who can explain which behaviors are appropriate for each type of situation and will help them understand which behaviors are adapted for social interactions.
Homework could be used as a way to help children practice their social skills between sessions.
Do not forget that people with autism are different and that there is no single way to treat them, but adults need to focus more on the situation than on the behavior itself in order to help these children.
