Generalizations? | Autism PDD

I could see my son making a mistake about the trash/sink thing, but not because of trouble generalizing but rather because of trouble staying focused.

The incident with the CD reminds me of my son wanting corn, and I explained we didn't have any and the stores were closed.  We just kept going in circles.  He grew out of it. 

The good thing is that CDs come in a different style of box than DVDs, so maybe you can help him understand the difference that way.

Good luck with everything.  I hope some more people have ideas for you.

How do you teach generalizations to your kids with ASD? 

Zachary has trouble generalizing between things that go in the sink, ie, dirty dishes and trash.  So, I end up with trash in my sink or dishes in my trash.

Today was the kicker.  He's a huge Thomas the Tank Engine nut.  He found a Thomas music cd today and had the BIGGEST meltdown b/c he wanted to watch it.  No matter how we explained it to him, he didn't understand that it was only for listening to.  This was obviously very frustrating to him and to us.

He has trouble with other generalizations as well.  I was wondering what works for your kids, or if it's even possible for them to learn the differences?

Thanks!
I would use pictures: put a picture of plates by the sink, garbage by the
trash. if you label the words as well--it helps with reading and
comprehesion later--just how they label everything in some pre-school
settings (door, trash can, table.......)

You can get some stickers at a craft store of music notes and put those on
his CD's, and some other ones on his DVD's

Visual cues can help a lot!   How old is your kiddo?

good luck. He's 3, and uses PECS, actually we're only on Phase VI, and having trouble with that!  But, I never thought we could use visual cues to help him understand it.  He may get extra confused about the trash/sink thing, sink the trash can is underneath our sink. 

Thanks.  I'll definitely give it a try.



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