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[quote=Anonymous]OP:  We haven't done playdates at home simply b/c he's at school all day, 5 days a wk, including aftercare (we've found this works better for DS, before I would pick him after lunch).  We will try to have playdates over the summer and I will definitely look for social skills groups and /or camp using Michelle Garcia Winner's materials.  Anyone have recommendations?

He gets a social skills group at school 4x/wk.  The group has 4-5 preschool kids and he does very well.  He also gets Sp Ed support and OT/PT/Speech as specified in his IEP.  We have seen a remarkable difference at school with the supports:  He plays, interacts and has friends.  He is in a mainstream classroom.  We also supplement with private therapies including parent instruction in floortime but it seems this is the one thing that isn't making a difference.

Originally, his developmental pediatrician and neuropsych recommended we change schools b/c he naturally does better in a smaller classroom.  However, he currently attends a language immersion school and it turns out he is very good in the language.  He has problems feeding, dressing, etc himself but he is excellent in Mandarin Chinese.  Since he would still have the social issues no matter the school, we've decided to let him stay for at least another year and see how it goes.  We will be doing neuropsych testing for ADHD since it's commonly comorbid with ASD when he is 6.[/quote]

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