No close friends, lower school years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Before you consider medication or individual therapy, consider a social skills small group therapy. Several friends of mine in DC and Arlington have kids who had trouble connecting and befriending classmates for various reasons. One girl (eventually diagnosed with ADHD) was bossy and pushy with classmates, a boy was painfully shy and didn't speak to his classmates, and another boy was aggressive and silly/ inappropriate (diagnosed with severe ADHD). My friends put them into various group sessions and reported back that their kids benefited immensely from recognizing their behavior and improving social skills/awareness and started making friends.

NP can you share more how they found these small groups? Is this through a therapist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before you consider medication or individual therapy, consider a social skills small group therapy. Several friends of mine in DC and Arlington have kids who had trouble connecting and befriending classmates for various reasons. One girl (eventually diagnosed with ADHD) was bossy and pushy with classmates, a boy was painfully shy and didn't speak to his classmates, and another boy was aggressive and silly/ inappropriate (diagnosed with severe ADHD). My friends put them into various group sessions and reported back that their kids benefited immensely from recognizing their behavior and improving social skills/awareness and started making friends.

NP can you share more how they found these small groups? Is this through a therapist?

I am not the person who you replied to. But I wanted to mention:

https://changeanxiety.com/

They have 1-week long summer camps for kids with selective mutism (don't talk to classmates and/or teacher, and potentially others). They form small groups of kids and each kid has a therapist to work with with. They help kids get better at communicating with each other and with adults. They basically aim to give the skill set to kids to achieve communication on their own.

They may have other similar group therapies.