ERIC Number: EJ995333
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
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Meeting Mathew
Roud, Paul
Teaching Tolerance, n42 p34-39 Fall 2012
Students with hidden disabilities can be a handful. Fellow students dislike them. Teachers are wary. But these students need not be lost in the shuffle or ostracized. Educators, parents and the students themselves can--working together--change the attitudes and behaviors causing so much trouble. This article describes how the author conducted a "disclosure meeting" with Matthew, who was coping with Asperger's syndrome, along with his parents, teachers, and other students in order to elicit an empathic response from the students. A year after the disclosure meeting, Mathew had made extraordinary changes. The student feedback was far more powerful and effective than any possible adult intervention.
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Empathy, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Feedback (Response), Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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