Closing the Comprehension Gap
Many children have difficulty processing social situations. Children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder have known difficulties figuring out what is happening in social situations. Children with variations of anxiety or depression or other mood disorders frequently misperceive and misunderstand because their mood distorts their perception and triggers their memory (and the reverse is true) and this changes how they view what is happening in real time (https://kevinplummerphd.com/the-relationship-between-mood-memory-perception-andbehavior/). While so many emotional disorders of childhood can contribute to social processing problems, this summary will focus on children with ASD…
See also: Social Detecting Worksheet and Clearing up Confusion
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