Halloween can be a very confusing and often frightening holiday for children in general and even more so for individuals with special needs. Many, if not most of the usual rules of safe behavior and “normal” social interaction are broken. As we all know, on Halloween night children are permitted [...]
1. Which kids need help with social skills and social boundaries? Many students, both with and without disabilities, have trouble with taking part in social interactions and understanding social boundaries. However, students who are in a category of special education, such as the ones listed below, are those who need the most [...]
Do . . . 1 . Watch your child in different social situations. You’ll get a good idea of what his social skill strengths and weaknesses are. 2 . Make up a non-obvious “signal” between you and your child to use when your he or she should stop a certain [...]
Stanfield’s Circles Level 1 and 2 focus on teaching special needs students appropriate physical boundaries. Level 1: “First Step” is separated into two parts. The first explains the concept of “social distance.” Through video demonstrations and an enormous eight-foot by four-foot wall graph, students learn to “see” what the appropriate [...]
The James Stanfield Publishing Company is the country’s number-one publisher of social and family life education tools for children and young adults with mild to severe developmental disabilities. However, the success of our programs has meant that they’ve become extremely popular with counselors, teachers and parents of socially challenged “normal” [...]
