Teaching our children about abuse
Ayla has a girl in class, who was removed from her parents and taken to foster care because her father was beating her BADLY. Now ayla has a lot of questions and I'm trying to be honest with her, but her autism isn't helping. She isn't understanding or making the connection.
I was thinking about using a visual aide in the form of a movie. Obviously not ADULT movies that would frighten her.
But I was thinking about the movie "radio flyer" I remember it from when I was younger, and its from a child's point of view, and it is not too violent or frightening, and has a happy ending with the child getting away from his father.
Do you think this would be apropriet to help her understand what I mean when her classmates father is mean to her and hurts her? Or would it frustrate her more?
She is 7 and autistic, mental function is around 4 or 5 years old.