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• The Current Exchange Rate

  Published: October 4, 2007, 1:18 pm

  Tags: Typical Speech, Blending, Yard Sale, Social Skills

  and ordinary, screams social skills. All those little huge things require pre-planning, modeling and practice. I don't know how many hours it would take to plan a good yard sale with labels and the correct positioning of items, but I do know that the social skills required to pull of such a feat, requires several lifetimes.The boys do

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• A routine hic-cup

  Published: October 27, 2007, 11:15 am

  Tags: Strangers, Social Skills

  I suspect that my own "social skills" could do with a brush up, over "here."If you like what you read, send it to someone in

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• Adolescent and Autistic: Difficult But Not Hopeless

  Published: November 2, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Adulthood, Education, Adolescence, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autistic, Children, Family, Health, Mcgill, Pdd Nos, Social Skills

  the effectiveness of social skills training groups for autistic adolescents. “This study shows that the social and interpersonal skills of autistic adolescents can be improved, and we established that our method is efficient and does not require significant resources,” said Dr. Fombonne. Dr. Fombonne organized the first

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• The Theory of Mind

  Published: November 18, 2007, 10:23 pm

  Tags: Etiquette, Social Skills, Home Address

  not to hamper her own social desires. Is your mum here to collect you Sarah? Do you live near the school? Shall I write down your address? I ask warily, as I look around the playground for the invisible beam of parent-child energy. I don't know my address, she answers sweetly. I blink. I have been training my own children,

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• Babies know who is naughty and nice

  Published: November 21, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: Babies Can Tell Who Is Nice, Babies Prefer Nice, Babiescantellwhoisnice, Babiesprefernice, Infant Judging, Infant Research, Infantjudging, Infantresearch, Infants Social Skills, Infantssocialskills

  that we have these essential social skills occurring without much explicit teaching." There was no difference in the responses between boy and girl babies, but when the large eyes that made the toys appear life-like, the infants didn't show the same social judgments. The study follows a theory that humans have innate social skills and such

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• Heads or Tails?

  Published: December 5, 2007, 9:07 pm

  Tags: Social Skills, Socially Appropriate, Echolalia

  as they attempt appropriate social skills of the fond farewell. Er yes um Happy Christmas you guys! she offers trying to focus on their happy faces. Happy Holidays! they bellow back, because political correctness only gets you so far.If you had trouble loading this blog or commenting, then please try my duplicate "loads like a

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• "Sheep in human clothing - scientists reveal our flock mentality"

  Published: February 17, 2008, 2:01 am

  Tags: Decisions, Social Skills, Social Conditioning, Intelligence

  "Have you ever arrived somewhere and wondered how you got there? Scientists at the University of Leeds believe they may have found the answer, with research that shows that humans flock like sheep and birds, subconsciously following a minority of individuals.Results from a study at the University of Leeds show that it takes a minority of just five

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• The fine art of social avoidance

  Published: February 22, 2008, 11:19 am

  Tags: Bus, Friendship, Winters, Avoid, Avoidance, Awkward, Co Mingling, Colleagues, Culture, Friends, Funny, Life, Neighbours, Painful, Politesse, Social Avoidance, Social Skills, Work

  A look at why we shirk the people we love."Cold winters can make early mornings painful, but lately I've had good reason to get up an entire 15 minutes earlier than required -- to avoid people I know and like.While...read more

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• Ignorance is bliss the Good Samaritan

  Published: April 21, 2008, 2:23 pm

  Tags: Speech Delay, Stranger Danger, Advanced Social Skills

  was far different from such social trifles.The difficulty was the need to protect the person that you told. When you tell someone something that they are not expecting to hear, you put them at an unnecessary disadvantage. It always sounds like an accusation, like they're the type to drown kittens in a sack. Pardon! The implication is that the

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• Your Most Social Self

  Published: April 18, 2008, 2:15 pm

  Tags: Social Skills

  become their “most social self.” I say “most social self” because some people are naturally very introverted so becoming an extremely social person might be painful or uncomfortable for them. I do firmly believe however that life is more interesting and happier for those who manage to be social and sociable.

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• Enhance Your Sociability

  Published: April 17, 2008, 2:19 pm

  Tags: Social Skills

  concerted goal to break some social norms and start bringing more and more people into my social world! Then, once I had a steady flow of people, I could then “cultivate my social garden.” Obviously every person you meet and interact with is not going to be awesome, so you need to sort of filter out those people who do not enrich

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• Hard Questions

  Published: May 14, 2008, 8:51 am

  Tags: Abstract Concepts, Apserger S Syndrome, Autism, Death, Social Skills

  This is one reason why social situations stymie him so much. If I have a hard time explaining to him the concept of personal space or why he has to wash his hands after using the bathroom (relatively concrete things), how am I supposed to make him understand that our cat is gone, and she’s not coming back without giving him more

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• Should Your Child Repeat a Grade

  Published: May 14, 2008, 11:07 pm

  Tags: Emotional Readiness, School, School Success, Social Skills, Teachers, Repeating A Grade

  As schools everywhere are preparing to end the year many parents have already been approached by their child’s teacher about repeating the grade they are in. For most parents the thought of their child repeating a grade feels like failure but depending on the teacher’s reasons, it could be the best decision you make

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• Social Progress

  Published: June 2, 2008, 9:12 am

  Tags: Asperger S, Strattera, Autism, Medication, Progress, School, Social Skills, Socialization

  My son typically does not play with other children. He may play if there are one or two, one being his sister. More than that, and he tends to head in the other direction. But yesterday at a birthday party, he was squished into a small sandbox with his sister, three other kids and a [...]

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• Thursday Thankfulness

  Published: June 5, 2008, 3:33 pm

  Tags: Asperger S, Autism, Progress, School, Social Skills, Socialization, Special Education, Thankfulness

  I’m borrowing this idea from a good friend of mine. It’s very easy to get caught up in the trials, difficulties and day-to-day drama of raising any kid. Throw autism into the mix and things can get downright nutty some days. There are plenty of times I write about wanting to rip my hair out, [...]

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