What makes a memory LONGER instead of SHORTER? Someone says or does something that makes happy STRONG GOOD FEELINGS pleased proud relaxed autismteachingstrategies.com
My name: This person remembers these nice things about me: This person remembers these bad or annoying things about me: Something nice I did Something nice I gave him/her Something nice I said to this person Good help I did for this person autismteachingstrategies.com NAME OF PERSON:
1. 1 Write down the name of someone who knows you well. 2. 2 Write down, in pencil, something you did which this person will probably forget soon (*see suggestions below). Draw a picture of this. Nice things that people often remember 2 3 3. 3 Now, think of something you did that this same person will probably remember for a long time because you made them feel very good (*See suggestions below) Write it down in pen. Draw a picture of this. 4. 4 Now, if you like, you can erase, or partly erase, the picture you drew with pencil in part xx 2 Examples: things people forget: *What you had for lunch yesterday An answer you gave to a question the teacher asked The color of socks you are wearing today Something you said about a game or website Your name: autismteachingstrategies.com 1 Name of Person Examples: nice things people often remember: *Very helpful thing for this person *Something that made this person proud of you *Something you did that this person found very, very interesting
1. 1 Write down the name of someone who knows you well. 2. 2 Write down, in pencil, something you did which this person will probably forget soon (*see suggestions below). Draw a picture of this. Nice things that people often remember I was wearing different glasses on Tuesday because me other ones were getting fixed. 2 3 3. 3 Now, think of something you did that this same person will probably remember for a long time because you made them feel very good (*See suggestions below) Write it down in pen. Draw a picture of this. When other kids said don t sit here at our table I told Bob come sit with me 4. 4 Now, if you like, you can erase, or partly erase, the picture you drew with pencil in part xx 2 Examples: things people forget: *What you had for lunch yesterday An answer you gave to a question the teacher asked The color of socks you are wearing today Something you said about a game or website Your name: autismteachingstrategies.com 1 Name of Person Bob Examples: nice things people often remember: *Very helpful thing for this person *Something that made this person proud of you *Something you did that this person found very, very interesting
1. 1 Write down the name of someone who knows you well. 2. 2 Write down, in pencil, something you did which this person will probably forget soon (*see suggestions below). Draw a picture of this. Bad things that people often remember I played Wii on Sunday after we got home from church. 2 3 3. 3 Now, think of something you did that this same person will probably remember for a long time because you made them feel very bad. (*See suggestions below) Write it down in pen. Draw a picture of this. I told Grandma that she walks too slow with her cane when we are at the store. 4. 4 Now, if you like, you can erase, or partly erase, the picture you drew with pencil in part xx 2 Examples: things people often forget: *What you had for lunch yesterday An answer you gave to a question the teacher asked The color of socks you are wearing today Something you said about a game or website Your name: 1 Name of Person Grandma Examples: Bad things people often remember: Hitting or kicking them Breaking their things Saying very bad things to them Doing things that make them ashamed in front of other people
1. 1 Write down the name of someone who knows you well. 2. 2 Write down, in pencil, something you did which this person will probably forget soon (*see suggestions below). Draw a picture of this. Bad things that people often remember 2 3 3. 3 Now, think of something you did that this same person will probably remember for a long time because you made them feel very bad. (*See suggestions below) Write it down in pen. Draw a picture of this. 4. 4 Now, if you like, you can erase, or partly erase, the picture you drew with pencil in part xx 2 Examples: things people often forget: *What you had for lunch yesterday An answer you gave to a question the teacher asked The color of socks you are wearing today Something you said about a game or website Your name: 1 Name of Person Examples: Bad things people often remember: Hitting or kicking them Breaking their things Saying very bad things to them Doing things that make them ashamed in front of other people
When did you say or do something to help someone have these feelings? I made feel this way when I I made feel this way when I relaxed proud I made feel this way when I I made feel this way when I pleased Your name: autismteachingstrategies.com Name of the person: happy
What makes a memory LONGER instead of SHORTER? Someone says or does something that makes angry STRONG BAD FEELINGS disappointed ashamed nervous autismteachingstrategies.com
When did you say or do something to help someone have these feelings? I made feel this way when I I made feel this way when I angry nervous I made feel this way when I I made feel this way when I disappointed Your name: Name of the person: ashamed autismteachingstrategies.com
People often get long-term memories on SPECIAL OCCASIONS. These are times like IMPORTANT FAMILY EVENTS WEDDINGS, FUNERALS, ANNIVERSARIES HOLIDAYS TIMES WHEN AN IMPORTANT PERSON IS THERE MEETING SOMEONE THE FIRST TIME autismteachingstrategies.com
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a What I did or said: first b Then this person had these thoughts and feelings: _ c This Then person this person maybe maybe said to said others to others about about me: me: Your name: This person s name: autismteachingstrategies.com
d Then this person heard about what I did, and had these thoughts and feelings: _ e This Then person this person maybe maybe said to said others to others about about me: me: then Your name: This person s name: autismteachingstrategies.com
Inside the mind of. autismteachingstrategies.com What are some GOOD things this person remembers about ME? Nice things I said to this person Nice things I said to this person Nice thing I did for this person: Good thing I did for someone this person cares about My name:
Inside the mind of. autismteachingstrategies.com What are some BAD things this person remembers about ME? Time I hurt this person Time I used hurtful words Time I acted too weird or immature Time I made this person feel tired and discouraged My name:
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autismteachingstrategies.com MY NAME: WHAT I DID MADE THIS PERSON THINK AND FEEL
autismteachingstrategies.com MY NAME: WHAT I DID MADE THIS PERSON THINK, FEEL, REMEMBER THIS PERSON:
autismteachingstrategies.com What you said: What you did: You say something or do something. Someone sees this or hears it HOW PEOPLE GET THOUGHTS ABOUT YOU This person then thinks about what you said or did 1 Your name: Name: 2 Name: This person then goes and tells someone else about it This new person then thinks about it 3 Your name: Name: 4 Name:
autismteachingstrategies.com What you said: That is a cool thing you made in art class. What you did: You say something or do something. Someone sees this or hears it HOW PEOPLE GET THOUGHTS ABOUT YOU That kid never used to talk with me. I used to think he was mean or something. This person then thinks about what you said or did 1 Your name: Name: 2 Name: Mike is a nice kid, don t you think? This person then goes and tells someone else about it Mike is a nice kid. He gives compliments to people. This new person then thinks about it 3 Your name: Name: 4 Name:
autismteachingstrategies.com Your name: Now, these two people share a Memory File about you. When they think about you, they have thoughts like this: [your name] is a,, person. [your name] When they think about you, they have pictures in their mind like this: behaves like this: Name: Name:
autismteachingstrategies.com Your name: Now, these two people share a Memory File about you. When they think about you, they have thoughts like this: Mike [your name] friendly nice is a,, person. Mike [your name] When they think about you, they have pictures in their mind like this: behaves like this: He pays attention to people.. When he likes something he gives a compliment. Name: Name:
autismteachingstrategies.com People can tell others what they have learned about you Your name: Name: Name:
autismteachingstrategies.com People can tell others what they have learned about you Your name: Mike s a nice guy. He s more friendly than he used to be. Name: Name:
autismteachingstrategies.com Your name: People then think about what they have learned about you.
autismteachingstrategies.com Your name: People then think about what they have learned about you. So, people are saying that Mike is paying attention to people more these days. Turns out he s nice to people.
autismteachingstrategies.com Now, these many people have certain thoughts and feelings about you. They share a Memory File about you.
autismteachingstrategies.com People s thoughts and feelings about you are not all exactly the same. People can change their minds over time about you. In their thoughts about you, they can agree with some people. They can disagree with others. 3 DAYS LATER 3 MONTHS LATER A YEAR LATER
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autismteachingstrategies.com Long, Short and Delete memories you can put in someone s mind: Good Memories 1 Fill in the blanks below. 2 Draw an arrow between your answer and the Long Memory or the Short Memory/Trash Can A compliment I gave to this person about something they did: _ What I had for breakfast yesterday: _ The color of my shirt I am wearing today: _ Something I did that was more helpful than usual: _ Something I did with this person that was their interest more than mine: _ A story I told this person about a video game or an online video I like: The mind of an adult in my home named: My name:
autismteachingstrategies.com Long, Short and Delete memories you can put in someone s mind: Bad Memories 1 Fill in the blanks below. 2 Draw an arrow between your answer and the Long Memory or the Short Memory/Trash Can Something mean I said to this person: _ What the weather was like yesterday: _ What I said to this person about an online video I like: _ A time I refused to do something this person really needed me to do: _ A time I hurt this person by hitting, shoving or kicking _ A time I said to this person I wanted to hurt them: The mind of an adult in my home named: My name:
autismteachingstrategies.com Tell about a time someone helped you get a good long-term memory happy STRONG GOOD FEELINGS pleased proud relaxed
Tell about a times, on IMPORTANT OCCASIONS, when people made you have good feelings: autismteachingstrategies.com What did the person do or say? Where and when? What did the person do or say? Where and when? How did this make you feel? How did this make you feel? What did the person do or say? Where and when? How did this make you feel? What did the person do or say? Where and when? How did this make you feel? Your name:
Tell about a times, on IMPORTANT OCCASIONS, when YOU HELPED OTHER PEOPLE FEEL GOOD autismteachingstrategies.com What did the person do or say? Where and when? What did the person do or say? Where and when? How did this make you feel? How did this make you feel? What did the person do or say? Where and when? How did this make you feel? What did the person do or say? Where and when? How did this make you feel? Your name:
My name: Name of the person: autismteachingstrategies.com When I did this _ it made this person s brain feel like this:
My name: Helping other people have good feelings Name of the person: autismteachingstrategies.com When I did this _ it made this person s brain feel like this:
My name: Helping other people have good feelings that last Name of the person: autismteachingstrategies.com When I did this it maybe made this person s brain feel like this: Later, when the person remembered, they maybe felt like this:
My name: Making other people have bad feelings that last Name of the person: autismteachingstrategies.com When I did this it maybe made this person s brain feel like this: Later, when the person remembered, they maybe felt like this:
My name: Name of the person: autismteachingstrategies.com When I did this _ it might have made this person s brain have thoughts like this
My name: Name of the person: autismteachingstrategies.com When I did this _ it made this person s brain have feelings like this
My name: Name of the person: autismteachingstrategies.com When I did this _ it made this person s brain have bad feelings like this