Social and Communication Difficulties

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A SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES Social and communication difficulties ……………… 1 What are social difficulties? …………………………. 2 What are communication difficulties? ……………… 3 Are social and communication difficulties catching? 4 Is it to do with the brain? ……………………………. 5 Why does he or she want to be on his/her own a lot? 6 Why doesn’t he or she get told off like I do? ………… 7 Why does he or she laugh when I’m upset? ………… 8 Why does he or she ignore me sometimes? ……….. 9 Why does he or she physically hurt people sometimes? 10 Why is he or she in our school and not a special one? 11 Why does he or she name call or try to wind me up? 12 What is it like for children with social and Communication difficulties? …………………………. 13 What can you do to help? ………………………….. 14 2 SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES Like other children, every child with social and communication difficulties will be different. All children have their own looks, their own personalities and their own likes and dislikes. This booklet will explain what social and communication difficulties are and give examples of the sort of problems all these different children might have. You will perhaps recognise some of them in people in your school. This booklet should help you to understand and get on with each other. You cannot tell that someone has social and communication difficulties by the way that they look, but you may recognise someone you know through the problems that are described in this booklet. Children with social and communication difficulties have problems with getting on with other people and understanding what other people mean. 3 WHAT ARE SOCIAL DIFFICULTIES? Children with social difficulties may have difficulty with:- • Getting on
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