The Emotions Color Wheel
has even more uses then we discussed in Part I of this blog series.
The color wheel can be used to teach individuals with Autism about
relationships to others. Also it can be used to instruct how much
information to share (and the intensity of the emotion to show when
sharing that information) with others based on the relationship the
individual with Autism may have with them.
- With a stranger you would keep all of your emotions in the outer levels of the Emotions Color Wheel because it is safer.
- With friends that you are closer to and you know very well you can show more intense emotions.
- With an authority figure you would show less intense emotions than you would with family members or close friends. For example, if you are upset by a grade you got on a paper, you might be 'distraught' when when talking about it with a friend, but when discussing it with a teacher it would be wiser to be 'disappointed'.
The less you know someone
the further it is from the center of the Relationship Target circle,
the less intense the emotional expressions should be and the further
it should be from the black center of the Emotion Color Wheel.
Do2Learn also offers a
Relationship Target worksheet, shown below that is FREE, that you can
print and use in your home and classroom. This helps to visually
illustrate the categories of people within a social system and to
individuals with Autism determine the levels of appropriate social
interactions for each classification.
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