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[quote=Anonymous]My DD was also the neurotypical peer for a girl with Aspergers, at about the same age your child is now.  DD was also very shy and introverted but she was and is a consistent person - very predictable in her behavior and reactions, which is why the mom of the other girl sought her out.  DD attended play therapy with the other girl weekly for a while and then monthly therafter.

I'm assuming that this is what you mean - play therapy, as in a structured playdate with a trained therapist or the mom doing some of the facilitating.  Am I right?  If this is the case, then I suspect your child will enjoy and benefit from it.  Mine did, enormously.  She really wasn't aware of what her "role" was, other than as a friend who went to play with the other child (had no sense of herself as being part of a ""therapy program"), and as someone who was shy and introverted, she learned good rules about play along with her friend and also increased her confidence in social situations.

If I'm wrong and you mean alternating playdates sometimes at your house where you are meant to be the one facilitating play, then this is a different story, and you might ask the other child's mom more explicitly what will be expected of you and the other child - or if the other child is just fine with social interaction so it's just a case of two children playing an no one needing "help"  or being expected to learn from the other through the play.[/quote]

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