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[quote=Anonymous]Our son is in 8th grade, going to a high school next year where he doesn't know many kids but is nonetheless feeling upbeat. He has ADHD, and this is affecting his peer relationships, though he seems unaware.

He is outgoing, confident, and can make friends but has a hard time keeping them. He needs better perspective taking - considering other people's perspectives. At home, he frequently interrupts - not sure if he does it with peers, probably.

He has a reputation for taking a joke too far, and when people tell him to stop, he'll persist. He has school friends but they don't translate into closer out-of-school friends. He's hanging out with younger kids. He rejects kids who have different interests or part of the "popular" crowd. As a result, the kids he chats with don't seem that nice. There are a lot of kids his age who live nearby but those relationships have fizzled.

I'm sharing only my concerns here, but to be clear, he has many fine qualities, not the least is he is very kind to older and younger people, and he volunteers regularly. He's also working hard to make money and get better at his favorite sport. And he can be very funny and the life of the party, as long as he doesn't take it too far!

He did PEERS a few years back and rejected it because some of the kids were lower-functioning and had outbursts during class.

For those who have kids of a similar profile, any suggestions of how we can help him, and hopefully get some progress before high school? For example, camps? social skills groups? summer job? arts activities like improv acting?[/quote]

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