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How frustrating is it that the classes that are supposed to help are sometimes the least helpful?
Kari had a recent post where she mentioned that a social skills camp for her son may have had some positive impact, but she wonders whether it had negative consquences as well.
DuckyBoy's social skills class in school, which he has 3 times a week, consists of the 4 Nest kids from his classroom, the speech therapist who runs it, and the classroom teachers. I wonder about the wisdom of making the kids with poor social skills practice interacting with one another, but it's a very structured setting so there is at least some value.
The kids and teachers brainstormed names at the beginning of the year, and while the boys voted for "7 Penguins" apparently the teachers voted for "Funapallooza" and won.
Whether they liked it or thought it would make the boys like the group better is unclear.
Nevertheless, DB has complained about this class periodically, even though I get photos of him during the sessions, with a smile on his face. He sometimes calls it "Boringapallooza" and the teachers know it. Yet, yesterday he had a big win during a session (I must add, with one of the adults not another kid), offering to share a colored folder because he knew the teacher liked that color.
I heard from him yesterday that he gets along with one of the other Nest kids now, so I wonder if that happened during or due to Funapallooza.
They've had a whole conversation about Transformers, apparently. Overall, this is good.
But what makes me wonder is that DB tells me that the gist of the conversation is that the other boy offered to give DB all his Transformers, saying he doesn't play with them any more. Hmm.
So, this feeds DB's misconception that people will just give him things.
And, on the flip side, the other boy may not realize that personal/family possessions aren't to be given away; don't you think his parents might want some say into whether he gives away several hundred dollars worth of plastic?
Have you had a good or poor experience with a social skills class? I'd love hear about it, leave a comment here.
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social skills classes are important for our kids. then they need to have alot of interaction with typical kids to practice. we have had good experiences with social skills classes and i expect my son is going to continue to get social skills help for many years to come. he is now almost 8 and social issues get much more complex as they get older.
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