jane griffiths
Hi I’m Jane, originally from the Uk but live in Florence, Italy. I am a psychologist and work with young people.
I do volontary work with Africans who live in Florence, mainly from Nigeria and Ghana
Location Italy
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jane griffiths made a comment
as a teacher and a psychologist I find that at school we are provided with little or no background knowledge of each child and their family surroundings (I live and work abroad where no info. is given).
A teacher could end up making assumptions from a child's behaviour what type of background they have and whether they have suffered trauma. Clearly, they are... -
before that happens maybe you could tell him it may happen and develop a strategy to deal with it.
I am a dog owner and if I am warned by passersby to keep my dog at bay, I will....@FionaRattenbury -
good on you! Parents often react with panic simply becuase they don't know what to do...but realise they need to adapt, but often have difficultly doing so... @MikaelaBayarsky
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Miss 9!
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I have a question, I'm wondering if we can go overboard on our attempts to make the child feel special. I'm all in for using methods to make the child feel at ease and safe, but I do wonder if we can do too much and then when he finds himself in a situation where people are either unaware or unpreapared to cater to his needs, he will see the difference and...
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@RoselineRABIN would you get that past an ethics commitee as an experiment?
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by setting her a small task of taking a couple of items she likes to the checkout and handing over the money she may be distracted by this and also learn how a shop functions. reward... eat something at home, not in the car... if the journey is short enough for her to withstan the wait. preferably this could be practised in another shop and then return to...
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it's easy to project our eventual personal preference of playing in a pool onto Jeremy. He may want to create a mini pool using the bottle of water and a bowl of some type and let him go from there.... yes he will probably get wet, but it's not a major hazard.
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I wondered if the parents were causing part of the distress.... the child will pick up on their attitude toward her and she will act accordingly. I'm not sure if this is a severe case or an unattended case... I watched some you-tube videos and saw the difficulty that all parties suffer, parents and children alike...
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Dimitri seemed to decide at one point (when his patience had run out) that the people were not doing things correctly and that he would do it the correct way, whatever the situation, advice or consequences.
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Sally's learning opportunities seem limited so becuase she tends to do nothing her parents may accept that rather than experiment a wider variety of stimulants
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Sally's learning opportunities seem limited so becuase she tends to do nothing her parents may accept that rather than experiment a wider variety of stimulants
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eye contact causes Sally emotional and even physical distress. eye contact elicits emotion, emotion that sally may not be able to cope with. She may be avoiding unpleasant excessive arousal. Sally may not even recognizr her parents' faces. her disinterst in the toys and videos she had may suggest they haven't experimented enough on finding something that...
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Lei was left to her own devices to interpret the situation that the SNA 'resolved' by putting her at a table alone-as a facilitator she may have helped more by choosing not to isolate a person who already feels isolated. Lei was unable to make a quick judgement re. what had gone wrong and had no understanding of why she was punished. her parents were unable...
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his mother's reaction reinforced the impression he had of himself, the impression of being stupid, possibly given by others. His suffering of feeling stupid was hard to keep inside and his only way out in that moment was to put an end to his perceived stupidity. he may have felt that no one understood him.
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jane griffiths made a comment
John's mum offered her solution which may have opened the way for John to try finding his own solution by experimenting a different way to interact. John knew that he wanted to play with his friend, and decided to change his tactic. John may have felt a sense of achievement and satisfaction in finding his own way, thus reinforcing his feelings of agency.
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jane griffiths made a comment
I would be interested to know more of the Erasmus Plus strategic partnership (2014-2017) to research good autism educational practice in Greece and Italy. I work in schools in Italy and I am encouraged to leave the students who have personal tutor out of my lessons.
