Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Autism Student and Personal Space In my 6th grade class, I have a female student who has Autism. She is very hands on, meaning she likes touching other students. This makes the other students very uncomfortable. I have talked to her one on one and explained about "personal space" and that it even though she may feel she is being nice and friendly, that the other students feel different. She continues to do it. I have contacted administration who advised me to write a discipline when she does it. The problem is her mother works in the school and when she finds out that her daughter was written up, she contacts the principal who then throw out the discipline so their never are any consequences. How do I make this student aware that this is inappropriate and to get her to stop? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I think a social story about keeping your hands to yourself may be beneficial for this student with autism and give her, her more space from the other students so she can't distract them. always redirect her misbehavior to something else, she may just need to keep her hands busy, I would allow her to have a fidget toy. I would definitely confront her Mom about the intervening in discipline and asks what she would recommend and work together to come up with a solution.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I was thinking that creating a social story with this student would be very helpful as it reminds her of how she should be behaving. Using fidget tools may help her keep her hands to herself. Rated On: February 23, 2020 6:42 pm Rated By: ePegej