Monday, January 25, 2010
Kids Who Don't Get Social Cues at Risk for Rejection
Children who experience social rejection often lack three skills -- the ability to pick up on nonverbal and social cues, the ability to recognize what those cues mean, and the ability to respond to cues appropriately, according to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
- Dr. Clark McKown and his colleagues at Rush University Medical Center studied 126 children referred by a psychological clinic and compared them to 158 children who had been chosen randomly from the Chicago school system.
- Many children in the study had difficulty picking up on other children's body language and social cues. For example, they simply did not notice indicators like slumped shoulders and angry faces.
- Among those who recognize the cues, many did not know how to respond to these cues or attach meaning to them.
Labels: social_skills
posted by 4adhd.com at 1:34 PM
2 Comments:
That is exactly what is going on with my daughter. How do you teach socail cues, or help her self esteem when you know she is causing problems, but other kids are MEAN? We have only found her diagnosis July of last year. Will medication some hoe help her get friends and read these cues? She is so lonely for friends, and yet it is hard to be around her. How do we help this?
How do you help these kids learn these cues or are they simply not able to learn this? My 9 year old girl is having these problems. I do not want her to be alone forever. Will medication help this?
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