Can anyone advise on strategies to get DS (aged 7 has HFA) to play less roughly. The combination of lack of social and sensory awareness plus poor motor skills is meaning he is now able to really hurt other children. Last week on a play date we were hosting, he pushed another child into a wall while playing hide and seek which resulted in the other little boy having a bump on his head and concussion symptoms.
DS apologised immediately and again the next day, and seems to feel bad - we've been talking a lot about it! I can only think he got over excited and totally misjudged the strength of his push.
Ds being rough is something school are very aware of, it has been on his' SEN targets since reception (now year 2). I think the fact that nothing anything like this serious has happened at school shows he is being well looked after at playtime, but is there anything more that can be done to address this?
The trouble is if you talk to DS in the cold light of day he completely understands what is and isn't acceptable, but in a play situation this understanding seems to go out the window.