What should you do if your child is obsessed with a single subject and keeps talking about it all the time?<\/p>\n
Don’t try to stop her\/him from talking about his special interest as a matter of principle. However, you can teach your child some rules to hold a conversation. Tell your child that if she\/he wants to have friends there are some rules that need to be followed.<\/p>\n
For example<\/p>\n
1- Start the conversation by asking questions like:<\/p>\n
How are you doing?<\/p>\n
Do you have plans for this weekend?<\/p>\n
How was your vacation?<\/p>\n
Where do you go shopping?<\/p>\n
What is your favorite sports game?<\/p>\n
Have you seen the movie xyz?<\/p>\n
You may make a very long list of all the possible question your child can use to start and hold a conversation with others.<\/p>\n
2- Tell your child that at the end of the conversation she or he may talk about her\/his special interest for a certain amount of time, let’s say five minutes.<\/p>\n
3- Teach your child that a conversation is like a turntaking-game. She or he needs to wait for the other person to finish her thought without interruption.<\/p>\n
4- Explain to your child that everyone is different, and we all have different special interests. It is okay not to have the same interest as her\/him, the same way we look and sound different.<\/p>\n
In the beginning you may need to practice with your child the art of asking questions and listening to the answers by using a timer<\/a>. Additonally, taking turns -like board games- is another way to acquire this skill.<\/p>\n Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n Dismiss the idea of stopping your child from talking about her special interests. Instead, train her to moderately share it with others.<\/p>\n This suggestion is based on an article I’ve read in the Autism Asperger’s Magazine issue March\/April 2014 written by: Jed Baker.<\/p>\n nadia shanab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What should you do if your child is obsessed with a single subject and keeps talking about it all the time? Don’t try to stop her\/him from talking about his special interest as a matter of principle. However, you can teach your child some rules to hold a conversation. Tell your child that if she\/he … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2442"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2445,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions\/2445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}