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CASE STUDIES
Jack
Jack is 9. He has recently
been diagnosed as having Aspergers' Syndrome. In class he was always
moving about and constantly trying to attract the attention of the teacher
or other children. He always seemed to be looking for something or
adjusting an item of clothing or something under his desk or in his
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Jack's class almost always
watched a T.V. program on the same day each week. Jack enjoyed this and
managed to concentrate for the 12 minutes of the video. However, one day
his teacher was off sick and there was a substitute teacher. For some
reason, she did not show the programme. This really upset Jack who spent
nearly an hour muttering about a T.V. and a Video. he wouldn't do any work
and was very agitated and unsettled.
Jack liked to be part of a group
and he liked to be friendly but he had not learned how to behave with different
people and greeted everybody with a kiss and a hug even if he had never met them
before. He also seemed to like physical contact. This was a problem
as the boys used this as a reason to tease him about his sexuality and it was
behaviour which many girls' parents did not approve of.
Strategies
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