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[quote=Anonymous]Summer camps, and school after-care, were both always hard for my ASD kiddo. Sometimes even when he liked the activity. What helped: - talking to camp admin (talking to indiv counselors was pretty useless, as they are often inexperienced teens or college students) - sending my kid with something of his own interest that he can maybe do or share with a friend (ie, Nerf football, Pokémon cards, colored pencil set and two sketchbooks, etc)… kids will gravitate to special items/activities - giving him a “script”… as another poster said, general advice may not help this type of kid, but a script that is short an memorizable can work. Like one sentence, that is some kind of invitation or ice breaker, such “do u want to look at Pokemon cards together?” Or “want to see how many catches we can get in a row?” Good luck. It is so hard to be a kid with social challenges in a new and low-structure environment. [/quote]
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