#Social questions autism how to#

Social Spying: When you’re out in the community, ask your child to observe other people and try to infer what the person might be interested in or how people are related or connected to one another. The following tips and suggestions from my book Make Social Learning Stick! may help your child feel comfortable talking with whoever shows up at the party or dinner table:ġ. Seven tips on developing small talk for those with autism Practicing these skills at home or in the community with people your child already knows well will increase the child’s ease with people he/she doesn’t see very often. With practice, your child can develop awareness of topics that other people might want to talk about by “reading” social clues based on what they already know about the person (e.g., Uncle Dave loves to ski), what they’ve heard the person talking about already (e.g., their dog), or what the person is wearing (e.g., a Star Wars t-shirt). If your child has difficulty with perspective taking (understanding the thoughts and feelings of others), it’s likely that conversational skills don’t come easily. Small talk sounds easy enough, but it can be a challenge for those who struggle with social communication. A two-way conversation can quickly end in awkward silence, embarrassment or can become one-sided. “I didn’t even get to the engine,” your son grumbles. With no success, you ask if Aunt Ann wants to try the wine and cheese in the next room. You walk over to join them and try to help him become aware of her nonverbal clues and wrap up his one-sided conversation. He spares no detail as Aunt Ann smiles and nods, eyes glazing over. I can assure you we do not live in Costco although with the amount I spend there, I basically help pay their lease payments.At a holiday gathering, your 8-year-old son is telling his aunt exactly how he went about constructing a complicated Lego spaceship. When I read the statement 'I live in.' my son said, 'Costco,' for example. Read the prompts only and see what creative answers your child may come up with.Then your child can read the question, try to answer it, and then double check by folding it open to see the answer prompt. Keep the question and answer prompt attached (i.e., don't cut the cards vertically) so that you can fold the answer behind the question.You ask the question and the child responds.Have your child ask the question and you respond.Cut them all out and match the question with the appropriate answer.Here are a few different ways to use this printable:

But with his strong ability to read, he can simply just read the questions and prompts word for word and internalize the sentence structure. We also use these cards to help him to practice appropriate sentence structure because sometimes his spoken sentences are still jumbled. There are still some that require a bit more practice. A lot of these questions were tricky for him to answer back in the fall, but now he can answer most of these questions without hesitation. Just before my son entered Kindergarten (and before I knew what hyperlexia was), we practiced these questions orally a lot. They will also help these kids to speak in sentences and learn sentence structure.

These 30 questions and prompts are a simple way to work on asking and answering personal questions for children with autism and hyperlexia.

We also write and read mini scripts about how to interact in certain social scenarios and how to respond appropriately to questions.

To encourage conversation and build language with my son who has hyperlexia, we rely on practicing 'WH' questions a lot.

#Social questions autism how to#