Teaching Social Skills to Teens with ASD

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Dr. Adel Najdowski discusses teaching social skills to teens with Autism. Are social skills classes worth the time and money? Is there a more effective way to teach social skills?
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7 июн 2015

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@nikkinick6128 6 лет назад

Somebody do something about that wall.

@Morah_Veya 5 лет назад

I love that wall

@michaelscott6216 5 лет назад

It’s kinda creepy

@yokow1545 5 лет назад

Over stimulating for sure. One handprint would make more sense

@hannahellen12 5 лет назад

It’s making me autistic

@kylechristenson6927 5 лет назад

I cant look at it lol it's way too loud

@megastar3740 6 лет назад

I really needed this video. I am being assessed for ASD (im 17) but I feel like it has been there my entire life. I always find the social world confusing, its not something my brain can automatically pick on. Thank you. *****

@josecastano8657 9 месяцев назад

Hi! It’s been have years, how are you dealing with it now?

@whotfismack 4 года назад

I hate the word Autism.. as a person who’s on the spectrum i always here the word in a negative connotation and it has always bothered me. i always prefer to say ASD because i don’t have to say the word “autism”

@easterbuny2226 3 года назад

Maybe you could just say its just a qurky part of someones personality . How about getting rid of the label all together . We are just outliers , we cannot be painted with the same brush or put into a box .

@dmperri 3 года назад

Neurodiversity goes further and drops the "disorder" ..

@Nekroido 2 года назад

Autism is way better than the hard r-word you've been called your whole life in my huble opinion 🖖

@123kitty4 2 года назад

I know how you feel I’m autistic have ocd and adhd I’m 13

@finnprobert9789 3 года назад

Am I the only one who hates when people say everyone is autistic

@pusscat5161 4 года назад

Wouldn't everybody benefit from learning social skills or basic psychology in general?

@SIFONEN 5 лет назад

Why Wasnt i in thos classes when i was young

@erikhirschfelt5066 4 года назад

Um wait... I'm sorry but what kind of therapy is this? You are teaching them to fake it?

@chad3232132 4 года назад

Yes, this is common with Asperger's. People like myself are never going to genuinely care about the feelings of others or have "normal" emotions. People with high functioning autism have a harder time giving dishonest, but socially acceptable responses and have to be taught. The key is to emulate "normal" people just enough to pass yourself off as one of them. For example, at funerals, since I don't actually feel any real sadness, I use eye drops so it gives other people the impression that I'm sad. A lot of life is performance art - displaying reactions you really don't feel just to make others feel at ease. For example, when someone you know tells you someone you don't know has cancer, what do you say? Probably something like "I'm praying for them" or "thoughts and prayers." Most of the time you don't mean it, but it's what you're conditioned to say or do. Many times these fake reactions are so commonplace people don't even realize they are just a dishonest act.

@velvetindigonight 3 года назад

Prof Tony Atwood points out 'faking it' aka 'masking' leads to depression and I speak from experience.

@JustHowItIs 6 лет назад

Thank you. That's what I told Alan Beach who holds "Asperger's and Autism" group in Salem, VA (of that the associating with others lessons via meetups should at times finally also be with neurotypicals to give us practise communicating and more fully interacting with them). But, he actually responded with about that it might be dangerous or not a good idea, after all, to take those like us into the world to associate with neurotypicals. I think that, in fact, the opposite would be true.

@showers0416 5 лет назад

I also believe SS groups need a mixture of NT and ASD participants. My son has skills, but it's been a challenge to use those skills with only ASD kids.

@catherineadlawan9521 2 года назад

I love the comment about having social skills with autism kids only. Why doesn’t any professional get this.

@AutismLive 2 года назад

More and more are getting it.

@devthedev223 5 лет назад

YES! good stuff. I should make a video about this, too

@showers0416 5 лет назад

So what are the SS group and/or curriculums can you recommend for teens in the Los Angeles area?

@GuacamoleKun 3 года назад

This is the first time I've heard of REMOVING a diagnosis. My best friend and I both spent several years at a special middle school (where we met) and learned very good social and life skills, and we now both have jobs and support ourselves (well, I get help from my boyfriend of 15 years on things like taxes and paperwork and rides to places because I don't drive... best friend lives alone and she can drive) and I have thought in the past that I am just as functional as any NT, (everyone has things they're bad at, and as a social species we fill in each other's gaps) but every once in a while there are still comments and interactions that make me realize I just don't act quite like other people, socially. (I have to consciously make myself talk to coworkers, - and use that multi-toned conversational voice - and do it just enough to keep a positive atmosphere between us... because I realized a while ago that coworkers will see not talking as NEGATIVE, not neutral!) And neither does my best friend. She goes home every night and plays pokemon and animal crossing. She's a total completionist, she will play cute animal video games every day until she dies and she will be happy doing that. (She's told me that if heaven exists, she hopes it has infinite pokemon games.) How invalidating it would be to have diagnoses removed, so essentially the new diagnosis would be "you're just a weirdo". I haven't needed assistance/services since I was in my early 20s, (we're mid-30s) but what about when I'm old and possibly on my own completely? Guess I won't go in for an updated diagnosis. (Since the DSM has changed, I considered it.)

@silviarodrigues1720 2 года назад

Luckily you are in a country where diagnosis helps. Here in India, since diagnosis means no school admissions( only in special schools where they teach life skills), no jobs. There is no soci security, no help in old age.

@GuacamoleKun 2 года назад

@@silviarodrigues1720 What good is it then?? Surely there must be some cultural change in the internet age, some companies or organizations who are seeking autistic employees? Plus I know here in the US, companies can get tax benefits for hiring disabled employees, is there nothing like that there? What are disabled people meant to do?

@jdbaxxter 9 месяцев назад

@@GuacamoleKun sure. But public awareness about these organisations is low. And there are socio - cultural barriers.

@moonbeam2099 8 лет назад

What are the programs that you have recommended?

@michelehale2712 Год назад

Question about our overly social autistic son. I did find this video interesting but, I’m trying to figure out how to help our son who is what I call overly social or a people pleaser. For example, he meets new people and seems to try to agree with whatever they say or do for that matter. He agrees to do stuff he usually dislikes or can’t tolerate emotionally and then regrets it but does the same thing again and again even after the bad experience. Our older autistic son did this as well and ended up in a controlling relationship with a young lady which was a mess. It feels as if he thinks that’s how you should be to be a good friend. We worry about him getting taken advantage of also.

@samm757 Год назад

hi! i do the same thing as an autistic 18 yo. i hope this can help a bit, very recently i felt comfortable enough to talk more and more about my autism to the friend group, turn it into a joke myself. now if we are in a crowded restaurant with very loud music and many lights, i can just tell the person next to me that i’ll go outside for a sec. an other thing is offer to go buy chips or mcdonald’s when you’re starting to get uncomfortable with the game or the conversation. take everyone’s orders and a 10$ bill from the people who are eating it and just walk outside to the nearest restaurant instead of ubering it it helps you calm down, gives you an escape route and you are doing a nice thing for the party. this is not much but it’s what i found to get by. if you find more please tell me about it :)

@myoldfarmhouse4316 5 лет назад

Why don't you both start that Skills Groups?!

@007Nicolai 5 лет назад

This wall is to tense...

@thenativist3564 2 года назад

😂

@aditya6201 3 года назад

I haven't seen the whole video, but I can say this that most media outlets dont report on the fact that social skills training doesn't really work on ASD.. First of all there are a combination of interlinked things in ASD that cause them to behave the way they do.. Giving social tips to an ASD person is good for awareness, but it won't solve the social interaction dilemma of people on the spectrum.. Only thing that can help overall is interacting with your own kind or a mutual type of tolerance and acceptance between ASD and NT people..

@arianamooon Год назад

I agree it’s basically saying you’re not right you need to be like the majority we need to erase you and make you like them. How horrible. Hopefully we are headed towards job placement and training for careers in jobs suited for asd traits. Like who would think of making Jim Carey or Robin Williams into a quiet janitor. Weird example but point made. Or train an old person to be an athlete. Or make kids who have lots of energy sit and read and be quiet… oh wait….

@brunalop2000 Год назад

Amazing video!! My daughter doesn't have autism but she has severe ADHD like myself. she is 14 and our lives are falling apart. None of us has structure and I can't teach her what I don't have. how I wish that less severe kids could get help too

@AutismLive Год назад

The good news is there are lots of things that can be done for ADHD. Have you and your daughter tried eliminating/greatly reducing the amount of pesticides in your diet. Studies have shown that more pesticide residue equates to less focus. I didn't believe it, and then we went organic. Its worth trying. It is also advisable to remove artificial colors and flavors. Reduce sugar and increase physical activity. We know many people with debilitating ADHD who get great relief from swimming or running. It's not for everyone, but it is work a try.

@crystalidx 4 года назад

So basically you have to put a fake face.

@rockinrobins9050 4 года назад

@chad3232132 4 года назад

Yes, that's exactly right. "Normal" society demands a high degree of dishonesty. If someone dies, even someone you've never met, you are supposed to display some sense of sadness, even if you don't care. If you're working customer service you're suppose to smile and pretend you love your job even you despise it. If you display the "incorrect" reaction or the wrong emotion at the wrong time you find yourself an outcast. I think most people go through so many fake reactions every day of their lives they don't even know the fake from the genuine. Autistic people just have a harder time faking it.

@thephilosopher5799 3 года назад

@@chad3232132 exactly.

@erikhirschfelt5066 4 года назад

Wait remove diagnosis? How the hell?

@dmperri 3 года назад

it'll be back when the autistic person starts to suffer the very serious consequences related to masking

@desmondboyle9833 6 лет назад

look into Best Buddies---these programs already exist

@timothylittle2749 5 лет назад

I agree with the lady in the blue.

@chad3232132 4 года назад

I agree with anything the lady with the perfect tits says.

@tommzytree2787 2 года назад

@@chad3232132 lmfao

@saloelie 5 лет назад

I just found out i have that yesterday

@pusscat1147 3 года назад

What's in vivo?

@dmperri 3 года назад

THEIR WHOLE LIVE ARE "WORKING ON IT" WITH NT PEERS!!!! What they don't get is time with people like themselves so they can have successes and develop self esteem ... this video is tragic

@caycocdo Год назад

i go places because i don't drive... my best friend lives alone and she can drive) and i used to think i could function normally painlessly unlike any NT, ( everyone has their things' so bad and as a social species I'm sorry

@tomtaylor9437 4 года назад

1:42 What's the best chat up line You heard

@ssenyonjoshafiru 2 года назад

My son has outisim what can I do

@anjanathapa4704 3 года назад

oh ok

@velvetindigonight 3 года назад

Learning sociol skills etc., is useful but we are still very different from neurotypicals and I don't want to be 'normal'!

@GordonVSDiesel10andfamouushi42 2 года назад

everythjng is going so slow and quiet .

@erikhirschfelt5066 4 года назад

I'm sorry I can't down grade this video enough

@t-man5196 5 лет назад

Damn, she's hot. She could teach me social skills all day.

@t-man5196 5 лет назад

NaturalRights I wish, I don’t have her number :/

@justgamingnl6663 5 лет назад

Bobbin' Williams to bad shes married. Ring on her finger

@donaldizzle 5 лет назад

2:04 she just laughs

@dmperri 3 года назад

nope nope nope .. this hits hard like gay conversion therapy

@jenniferbarsalona9437 2 года назад

I would not want the therapist on the right to be my child's therapist. So stiff and mean

@ALeigh-nr1vj 5 лет назад

These people in the comments are nasty asf

@dmperri 3 года назад

so .. just teach them to mask and let them suffer the lifelong consequences???? I cringed from start to end with this video. please DO NOT start a social skills group!!!!!!

@pusscat1147 3 года назад

Serial killer wall. Trophy hand prints of their various victims🖐