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Feelings Detective
(game)
ISBN: 978-1-88826-898-0
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Feelings Detective helps all children understand their own
feelings as well
as the feelings of others. It is especially helpful for children who tend to
misread social cues, including those who have been diagnosed with Aspergers
Syndrome or are at any other position on the Autism Spectrum. Specific
examples help players to link specific situations and thoughts with specific
feelings. Feelings are the most basic building blocks of social skills. Without
the ability to recognize feelings in themselves and others, children are not
able to master social interactions.
Although some children are naturally better at recognizing feelings than
others, all children can improve their skills in these areas.
Feelings Detective is a matching game. The Feeling Cards have only one
feeling word on it, such as happy or frustrated. Players try to match these
cards with the Feeling Talk Cards, which have examples of cognitive talk that
reflect that feeling. There are two decks of Feeling Cards and two decks of
Feeling Talk Cards. The red and blue cards are for younger players, generally
grades 1 to 3, and the orange and purple cards are for older players, generally
grades 4 to 6.
The optional Bonus Cards ask the players to comment on the examples in
the Feeling Talk cards A Bonus Card may ask the player to describe what may
happen next if the person puts that particular feeling into action or to give an
example when the player had that feeling.
In addition to the two sets of cards, facilitators can vary the degree of
challenge of the game by using Bonus Cards, putting out more cards to
match, and replacing cards as they are matched and withdrawn from the
table.
Learning Objectives
Players will:
- better understand their own feelings and the feelings of others;
- better understand the specific situations that trigger their own feelings
and
the feelings of others;
- better understand the relationship between comfortable and
uncomfortable
feelings and the appropriate and inappropriate social connections that take
place as a result;
- improve their skills in regulating their feelings as a way to reach their
personal and social goals; and
- improve their level of comfort in a variety of social situations.
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