Dawn is a 36-year-old cognitively disabled woman in your community activity program. She has not developed the emotional skills of sympathy and empathy. Lately, Dawn has been bossing the other clients of the program around and threatening them if they do not do what she says. How do you address Dawn's behavior?
A)Ask Dawn how she would like it if someone did that to her.
B)Make Dawn do the things she has been demanding that the other clients do.
C)Ignore Dawn's behavior to discourage her from seeking attention by engaging in it.
D)Tell Dawn that she will need to move to another part of the room if she does not stop threatening other clients.

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You would tell Dawn that she will need to move to another part of the room if she does not stop threatening other clients. Because Dawn has not developed the skills of sympathy and empathy, she will not understand an intervention that involves her thinking about or experiencing what the other clients are experiencing. She will need the concrete consequence of being separated from the other clients to understand that what she is doing is not acceptable.

Dawn Is a 36-Year-Old Cognitively Disabled Woman in Your Community