Do Parents and Teachers Get Children with AS/HFA? These Children Lack the Insight or Social Skills to Explain Themselves

• By: Marcia Eckerd, PhD Associates for Children and Families
• October 1st, 2011
• Asperger's Syndrome, behavior challenges, concrete thinking, high functioning autism, inferential thinking, nonverbal learning disabilities, parent and teacher support, school, school behavior, social skills, social understanding, theory of mind
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Many teachers and parents miss the connection between the diagnosis of children with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) or high functioning autism (HFA) (and nonverbal learning disabilities) and the behaviors of the child in day-to-day life. When adults don’t get this connection, they can’t communicate...