Social Skills Group for 5yo

[Anonymous]

DS just turned 5yo. We had out Parent Teacher Conference meeting at his pre-school today and the teacher recommended us looking into social skills group, which we agree he needs. She mentioned that DS wants to be involved but does not seem to understand social cues and how to engage other children appropriately. He currently has OT to help with regulation. The OT does not have as much recommendation in terms of social skills group, and it is something I think DS needs the most right now. FWIW, we are not worry about the "academic" component as he is well ahead of the curve in terms of ability to read or do basic math/writing. We do question his pragmatic language skill and ability to connect with people. We have done playdates, but as he gets older, he seems to struggle more socially at school and it gets harder to set a playdate up when he is not "talking" or "playing" with some of the kids at school.

If you have recommendations of social skills group for the 5yo age range in the Montgomery County area, it would be appreciated. We call Ivy Mount but it seems like they only have something set up for 7 or above.

[Anonymous]

If you are concerned about pragmatic language, wouldn't speech therapy help too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are concerned about pragmatic language, wouldn't speech therapy help too?

Yes. We are working with that as well.

[Anonymous]

My daughter attends a social skills group run by our neighborhood speech therapy practice. I'm nowhere near Montgomery County, but you could ask some of the speech clinics near you. Most of the kids in the group are 5 or 6.

[Anonymous]

Expressive Therapy offers a 4-5 yr old social skills group. They're in the Rockville/Gaithersburg area

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are concerned about pragmatic language, wouldn't speech therapy help too?

Yes. We are working with that as well.

I think the PP meant, if you get speech, that it would make sense to ask the ST.

OP, do you have an overall diagnosis? If you haven't already I would seek one through a developmental pediatrician so you have more of a road map to follow.

Basic Concepts and National Speech do groups during the year.

There are a lot of summer programs for speech and social skills too so you can plan ahead.

[Anonymous]

No formal diagnosis. We see Dr. Charles Conlon. He had mentioned pragmatic language and social cue issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are concerned about pragmatic language, wouldn't speech therapy help too?

Yes. We are working with that as well.

I think the PP meant, if you get speech, that it would make sense to ask the ST.

OP, do you have an overall diagnosis? If you haven't already I would seek one through a developmental pediatrician so you have more of a road map to follow.

Basic Concepts and National Speech do groups during the year.

There are a lot of summer programs for speech and social skills too so you can plan ahead.

Can you advise on some?

[Anonymous]

For Maryland & DC:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/344595.page#4327839

If you're in VA, Auburn School has a location in VA and I would check Newton School as well for a summer program.

[Anonymous]

Alvord, Baker & Associates in Rockville and Silver Spring. Don't know if they quite go that young.

http://www.alvordbaker.com/groups.html

[Anonymous]

Basic concepts at Rockville runs a Saturday social group for this age. It is good.