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re:T版,万万不敢给您homework。但下...
T版,万万不敢给您homework。但下面的这部分内容就更有益了,特别是对那些误解ABA较深的和不敢让孩子玩,争分夺秒教认知的训练者们。T版周末的时候要是“顺手”,就也给翻了吧:-)
RESISTANCE TO TEACHING SOCIAL AND PLAY SKILLS
If you are feeling resistant to the notion of devoting a great deal of teaching time and effort to play and social skills, you are not alone! The majority of parents do not view this as a priority and qestion the importance. These are comments we hear frequently:
"I am more concerned right now with getting him to speak"
"Once he has language then we can work on social skills"
"I don't want to take any time away from speech and academics"
"My other children don't have lots of friends so why should my autistic child?"
As discussed above, the answer to these objections is that play is an important avenue for enhancing language and learning in general. Additionally, although not all people are social, nearly everyone learns from observing social interactions. Therefore, it is essential that your child have an opportunity to learn this way as well! In terms of priority, we see play as paramount.
Another big reason why there may be so much resistance to working on play is that it is extremely difficult to teach these behaviors. Unlike language and academic skills, where you can develop a structured curriculum, teaching play and social skills requires far more flexibility.
The specific play and social skills you teach will largely be based upon the skills of the target group of peers. Therefore, we cannot give you a specific curriculum of play and social skills. (举例说明了不同国家不同地域的孩子玩的东西不同,省略)
Similar to toy play, social behaviors differ just as widely as toy play. For example, how children initiate peer interaction varies widely. Whereas most adults teach children to approach and ask "do you want to play with me?", this in reality is not the way most normal interaction occurs. In some areas, children simply play next to a child and then gradually incorporate themselves into the play. Often children simply lead a new friend by the hand in order to facilitate social play. In some situations, children may simply make a comment as an initiation (e.g., "I have a toy like that" ) or ask a question (e.g., "where did you get that?"). No one way is better, there are just a variety of ways that children typically instigate social play. Thus, it is crucial to identify the way children play in your neighborhood.
Because of the tremendous variety of play and social behaviors, they are difficult skills to teach. Therefore, parents and teachers often fall back to the comfort of teaching more defined and structured skills. Although Discrete Trial Teaching techniques are used when teaching these skills, it requires far more creativity in its implementation. One must be subtler in prompting and providing consequences, for example. Additionally, it is extremely beneficial if the teacher possesses great play and social skills.
Perhaps one of the greatest sources of resistance is the feeling that the child's behaviors must be brought under control before play can be attempted. Behavior problems become much more evident in the less structured setting of play and social interaction. Naturally, this is not a good reason to avoid teaching these skills. In fact, it is just the reason to work on it. Additionally, it is essential to address behavior problems in all situations!!!
One final reason we have heard for postponing teaching these skills is the argument that children need language for social skills. Certainly language is helpful, but it is not essential. All one has to do is go to a park where children from different cultures are playing. You will quickly see that they are able to play beautifully even though they do not speak the same language. So go ahead and work hard on developing basic language and cognitive skills but do not delay getting started on play and socialization. |
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