question about aspergers

well im hoping some of you lovely ladies can help me.

there is a boy on my DS's little athletics team who has aspergers, i am team manager for a few weeks.

now a few questions,

how can i help this boy feel involved and part of the team?
how can i encourage him to do his best?
does praise work?
his mother has told me the long races arent good and he gets very upset by them, so i just asked him if he wanted to do it and helped him run the 800m last night.
but i want this boy to enjoy the experience of little athletics as much as he can and i want to make sure im helping him as much as i can..


thank you so much in advance

Good thinking to ask these questions Kawazuki - I'm sure you'll get lots of helpful replies. I'll just move this to a better spot so people in the know can see it :)

thank you.. wa trying find this section. but between 2yo screaming and 9 yo wanting food lol