Funny? Yes.
Horrified? Yes also.
What must her classmates think of her?
Well, according to her class teacher, a few of the boys said they felt rather uncomfortable. How did this happen?
No one really knows except that Lauren told us one of her friends asked if she knew how to twerk, to which Lauren said, "Huh?"...and her friend proceeded to partially show her the starting stance for a twerk, and then explained the rest of Lauren.
Lauren followed the steps to a T and the rest is history!
What is a twerk? Ahh, new word for me too.
Wikipedia has it as: a type of dancing in which an individual, usually a female,[1] dances to music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low squatting stance.
Oh My!, would likely be your expression! We shared that with Dr Johann, and he came up with a fantastic way to help Lauren understand why it was not appropriate. See stick drawing below.
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| Social Stories can help ASDs visualize the impact their behaviour has on people around them |
The other things we will work on for Lauren's social skills:
1. Use comic strips to help Lauren understand the POV of other people, esp. her classmates.
2. Turn taking in conversations Lauren is making good progress in this area. We are reminded to praise her when she does good turn taking during conversations to emphasize that she is doing well.
3. Getting to know her friends Check that Lauren - looks at people when talking to them (especially if they may be talking about things she is less interested in) - smiling at her friends when she meets them (to help put her friends at ease) - says Hello, how are you? when she meets them, as good manners and greetings.
See you again.
What's life without learning something new everyday?
Her twerking genes probably came from her aunt, yours truly her! It's a dance step and, as with many dance steps, therefore provocative! Not easy to twerk, y'know!
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