Name that Unthinkable
He get's the person to wander away from others and not stay with the group or person he is with. He may also get the person to turn his body away from the group, not realizing the message he is sending to others.
Body Snatcher
He will get the person to do only what he wants to do and will not let him negotiate with other people. The person is not a good problem-solver and tries one solution that's not working over and over again. This person may be very rule bound and rigid in his thinking, only seeing one way to a situation.
Space invader (2)
- use one arm rule to determine if you are standing too close to someone
- Think about what your body looks like in the group. Are you making others have good thoughts or weird thoughts? if you are making others have weird thoughts, adjust your body.
Brain eater (3)
-turn your body and eyes away from what is distracting you and think about the person talking
-use a fidget so that it keeps your body busy but your brain focused on the group
-try to notice when your brain is thinking about something else and get it to refocus on the group
Your class is standing by their desks and playing a game. If you get a wrong answer you need to sit down. It’s your turn and you don’t know the answer.
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This person will attempt to use a lot of humor to be funny. However, he does not realize that humor wears out pretty quickly or at times is not "funny" at all. He has trouble recognizing appropriate times for humor and may try to be funny when the moment is serious.
WasFunnyOnce
What are brain eaters powers?
He makes it hard for the person to focus on what he is doing or focus on others during interactions. The person may get easily distracted with his own thoughts or things around him.
Glassman (2)
-identify the size of the problem and what would be an expected reaction to match the size of the problem
-self-talk "I am starting to get mad. I need to move away and take a break or tighten all the muscles in my body and then relax them"
Destroyer of fun (2)
-self talk: "if I am a "just me" player, then my friends will not have a good time."
- self talk: "tiny problem. I will still get a turn or may win another time"
You want to play sorry but your friend wants to play Uno. You don't want to play Uno.
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this character gets the person to twist the topic around to what he wants to talk about and goes off on tangents when talking to others. this person may then go on and on about topics he wants to talk about, not realizing that others may be bored or disinterested in what he is talking about.
Topic Twistermeister
What are One sided Sid's powers?
This character gets the person to talk about his own set of topics or his own plan. Even when someone else brings up his interests he just talks about his own interests. He may interrupt to talk about what is on his mind, not seeing that someone may have another plan.
Energy Hare-y (3)
-when others are talking, use Whole Body Listening
-check in with your eyes and see how the rest of the group is acting. Try to match how calm the other kids are with their bodies.
-take a few deep breaths to calm your body
One Sided Sid(3)
- open your people-file and think about what you know about the person. Ask questions to find out more about him and his experiences or interests.
- think with your eyes to figure out what the person's plan is. If he looks busy, save your question for another time.
- look for clues that others are not interested.
You got to play bowling in gym today! Bowling is your favorite game. You go back to class and don't stop talking about bowling and can’t sit still.
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Lets a person be flexible to some extent but then all of a sudden he just breaks. He doesn't melt down slowly; he quickly starts getting very upset often over "tiny" problems.
Glassman
What are space invader's power's
This character makes the person's body move into other peoples personal space when others are not expecting it or do not want this. He does not realize how uncomfortable this makes other's feel.
Rock brain (4)
- notice that what you are doing is not working and try another way to solve the same problem
-take a deep breath and remember that being part of a group means that you cannot always do it your way or make the decisions you want.
- self talk: "not a problem, I will get to do this later or another time..."
-ask yourself, "what is their plan?" and then try to match their plan.
WasFunnyOnce (2)
-self talk: "is now a silly moment or a serious moment?" if a serious moment, then this is not a good time to crack a joke or say something that i think is funny.
-use the one-time-rule: only say the word or joke once and then move on so that the joke does not get boring for others.
The teacher just asked you to answer the math question but you just saw that there is a fly by the teacher's head. Instead of answering the question, you tell the teacher about the fly.
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This character gives the person so much energy so that his is constantly fidgeting or moving around around, and he doesn't think about what the people around him needs or how others are feeling around them.
Energy Hare-y
He stops the person from showing interest in other's or thinking about what others may want to do. The person may not ask a lot of questions about others or add his ideas to what they are playing.
Topic Twistermeister (2)
-check-in with those around you. Does it look like they are interested in what you are saying? If not, ask a question about what they might want to talk about.
Turn off your "Me" button and try to think only about the other person by asking him questions.
Un-wonderer (4)
-look at the person who is talking to let him know that you are thinking about him and what he is saying
-listen to the topic and then ask a "social wonder" question of your friend.
-create a people-file in your brain to call on later to ask questions
-remember the wh-question words and use them to think of questions for your friends
During lunch, your friend is talking about her/his weekend at grandma’s. You starts daydreaming about going to the basketball game tonight.
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