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[quote=Anonymous]PP who wrote about behavior therapy here.  Our home therapists (college kids) would also try to act more like peers, inlcluding using less verbal communication than adults use, using facial expressions and tones to steer our child to interpreting and follwoing those cues.  For example, if they wanted him to stop something in exasperation, they'd say his name in that same tone you might say "No fair!"  Peers don't accomodate their communication the way adults do so they are harder to interpret and of course the give and take is a two way street with peers.  You can do this kind of practice at home--just talk more like a kid.   You can also practice joining in, which includes watching first to figure out what kids are doing.  My child has a hard time figuring out what the action is, so it's hard to figure out what he's joinging and hence how to join.  With his team he watched youtube video of kids playing various games (e.g. tag) and had to figure out what they were doing, infer the rules, and come up with ideas about how and when to join.  I agree that taking a social skills class is a great idea.  I haven't used her yet but I heard Sue (?) Abrams teaches Michelle Garcia-Winner style social skills.  [/quote]

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