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[quote=Anonymous]Our 15 year old HFA teenager is in a large FCPS high school. The school only helps with academic support and not social skills (he also ADHD and anxiety).

Here’s what has worked for us. 8th and 9th grade he was depressed and isolated with no friends and very lonely. It was very sad to watch.

We really focused on social skills. We hired a private social skills coach and had him take a social skills PEERs training class. Then he picked activities to join at school and rec leagues. He was able to use his social skills training to make friends. Social skills coach helps him with guidance on how to handle different social situations.

Being in a large school was good because there is such a wide variety of kids that he was able to find his people. I think a small private school would make it much harder for your DS.

He now has 4-5 friends to text with, eat lunch with and occasionally do something on the weekends.

Please try PEERS before you switch schools. I was shocked how much DS didn’t know about basic social skills. The training and social skills coach has been life changing. Honestly I think he’ll need this for the rest of his life as he transitions into new situations (college, job or anything new)[/quote]

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