What are Descriptive sentences?
Descriptive sentences answer the who, what, when, where, and why, and provide information about specific social situations. For example:
What are Perspective sentences?
Perspective sentences provide information about opinions, thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and mood of other people. Children with FASD sometimes lack the ability to read and relate to these internal feelings. For example:
What are Directive sentences?
Directive sentences provide the student with a response that should be used to be successful in the target situation. It is important that the directive sentences have a positive focus and should avoid “I must” or “I have to” statements. For example:
What are Affirmative sentences?
Statements that can be used to emphasise the importance of the message in the previous sentence or provide reassurance to the person. For example:
What are Control sentences?
Statements that provide personal meaning to a particular situation and help facilitate memory and comprehension of the story. For example:
What are Cooperative sentences?
Sentences which identify what others can do to help the individual. For example:
Descriptive sentences answer the who, what, when, where, and why, and provide information about specific social situations. For example:
- Sometimes at school I get upset.
- At lunchtime, most students eat lunch.
- Everyone in my class has a job.
What are Perspective sentences?
Perspective sentences provide information about opinions, thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and mood of other people. Children with FASD sometimes lack the ability to read and relate to these internal feelings. For example:
- Teachers like it when students raise their hands to ask questions.
- Everyone likes it best when everyone only touches their own food.
What are Directive sentences?
Directive sentences provide the student with a response that should be used to be successful in the target situation. It is important that the directive sentences have a positive focus and should avoid “I must” or “I have to” statements. For example:
- When I am an angry I can take three deep breaths.
- I will only touch my own food at lunch.
- I will try to stand quietly when in line and wait for my turn.
What are Affirmative sentences?
Statements that can be used to emphasise the importance of the message in the previous sentence or provide reassurance to the person. For example:
- I will try to hold an adults hand when crossing the road.
- This is a good idea.
What are Control sentences?
Statements that provide personal meaning to a particular situation and help facilitate memory and comprehension of the story. For example:
- My body needs food several times per day; just like a steam train needs coal to stay running.
- When the fire alarm rings, think about the ants following each other back to their safe ant hill.
What are Cooperative sentences?
Sentences which identify what others can do to help the individual. For example:
- My desk buddy can help me grab my bin.
- An adult can help me when I cross the road.
- My teacher will help me to stay calm in line.
