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Logan sees his grandma wipe away a tear, and asks her why there is
water on her face. She talks with him about feelings, and teaches
him The Feelings ABCs. On one particularly difficult day, after
receiving some sad news, my grandson saw me wipe away a tear. He
touched my cheek and remarked matter-of-factly, There is water on
your cheek, Grandma. It leaks Children with autism often do not
sense the feelings of others, and can have difficulty recognizing
or relating to abstract emotions. I wrote Feelings Are...? to help
my grandson learn about emotions and respecting others' feelings.
He loves ABCs and he caught on quickly. One of his favorites is Y
is for yearning. He sure loves those croissants Reviewing The
Feelings ABCs often with my grandson was a great first step in
helping him learn to recognize and respect the feelings of others
more. I hope this book will be helpful to other children with
autism also.
While out shopping, Logan bumps into a customer. His grandma asks
him to apologize, and later teaches him about good manners. When at
age five, my grandson bumped into another customer while out
shopping, and I asked him to apologize, he couldn't understand why,
as it was obviously an accident. I told him that apologizing was
having good manners, to which he questioningly replied, "Manners
are...?" It was a perfect opportunity to teach him, so after we
returned home, we made a list of the most important good manners
together, which I later put to rhyme and included in this book,
"Manners Are...?" I found that posting a Good Manners Chart, and
offering a Good Manners Certificate after my grandson filled up the
chart with stickers, was a great incentive and visual way to
reinforce particular manners that needed focus at any given time. I
have included a sample chart and certificate in the back of this
book, which you can cut out, photocopy, or laminate if you wish.
Once copied or laminated, you can fill in the blanks with
additional manners that you would like to focus on with your child.
Even with charts and positive reinforcement, learning good manners
doesn't happen overnight and is a continuous process. Just the
other day, at 8 years old, while my grandson was pushing the
shopping cart for me at a grocery store, he energetically moved
forward, shouting, "Watch out, you guys " to people in his way. I
explained to him that was not the right way to ask people to pass,
and that the well-mannered way to say it was, "Excuse me, sir or
ma'am, may I pass, please?" He picked it up quickly, and was so
pleased when someone commended him for his good manners. Of course,
there are many more manners than the ones included in "Manners
Are...?," but these were what my grandson needed to learn and focus
on first. I hope that they can be a good start for other children
with autism too, and that this book will make it just a little
easier for you to teach them.
Logan does not finish his tasks at school, so he has to do a lot of
homework. After his grandma reads his daily report, she teaches him
some important school rules to help him do better. Keeping to and
focusing on a task, staying seated, and transitioning from one
activity or place to another while in school, can be challenging
for children with autism. It certainly was for my grandson when he
started attending school. We were very fortunate to have the help
and expertise of Ron Gibson, MA CAS, the lead school psychologist
and chairperson of the Autism Problem Solving Team for Harnett
County Schools, N.C., He and his team developed some basic school
rules for children with autism, and his teachers introduced these
rules to my grandson's class. To help reinforce the rules he was
learning at school, I wrote "School Rules Are...?" I also made some
simple illustrated visual supports to go along with each rule. My
grandson, and the other children in his class, soon caught on, and
Good Eyes, Good Ears, Good Hands, Good Feet, Good Voice, Good
Friends, became household words. Verbally and visually reminding my
grandson of the rules regularly and consistently, both at home and
in the classroom, made a big difference and helped make his time at
school successful and productive. I hope "School Rules Are...?"
with its bold and bright illustrations can help do the same for
other children with autism.
Logan runs to a busy street and nearly has an accident Once safely
back inside, his grandma talks about the meaning of danger and
teaches him ten important danger rules. Children with autism often
lack a sense of danger, and it can be difficult to teach them
safety rules. My grandson was no exception. After a few near
accidents, I was desperate to get through to him that running into
the street, putting his hand onto a hot stove, and unbuckling his
seat belt while driving, could result in serious injury. "Danger
Is...?" struck a chord with him, and after reading the story with
him repeatedly, he started referring to it when I was cooking in
the kitchen, while out in the car, or when crossing a busy road. To
my delight, he stopped without prodding at the curb one day, and
quoted Danger Rule # 7. I also created a Danger Rules key ring for
him. Visually and verbally reviewing the Danger Rules on his key
ring regularly, and especially before going out, reinforced them
even more, and is helping to keep him safe. I hope this book can
contribute to keeping other children with autism safe also.
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