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Step 1
Interact with your child. The more social you are with your child the more practice your child will get in social interaction.
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Step 2
Teach your child social skills. Practice hand shaking and eye contact in role-play situations. Include skills like taking turns and personal space in practice.
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Step 3
Talk openly with your child about emotions. Say things like, "I am happy, sad, mad about ... " "Does that make you feel sad?" "What does it feel like to be happy? sad? mad?" Helping your child to understand feelings will teach him or her to control feelings and read others' emotions.
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Step 4
Create a nonintrusive signal to use as a cue in social situations. You can make up something (blinking fast) to remind your child of a particular social issue.
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Step 5
Allow your child to make decisions. Teach your child how to analyze a problem by posing choices using everything from food and snacks to daily or family activities.
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Step 6
Find your child's strengths. Observe your child and build social opportunities on the activities your child excels in. You can join clubs or groups that promote any number of activities in a social group setting.









Comments
onitreb said
on 2/21/2009 I think your article is very good advice for parents of TYPICAL children, not for those with a learning disability. I don't think parents of children with a disability such as Autism really learned anything new from it. An article with such title should have more content and more thorough information. I had higher hopes for actually learning something new when reading the title, but the article left me disappointed. I am sorry, but I have to be honest. I didn't rate it down. I hope you appreciate mu honest fedback. I would appreciate you reading my articles on Autism also and your honest feedback...good or bad.