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[quote=Anonymous]My DC has ADHD only, but that comes with some social challenges also.  The PEERS program was recommended to us and it is also (probably even more) recommended for autistic teens.  I also find the books and work of Michelle Garcia Winner of Social Thinking useful.

If your DC goes back to public MS, it might help to do a social skills work over the summer and to enter school with a 1-pager he (or you) can give to teachers to explain her social communication issues/need. Also, even if you don't end up at public, you should ask for an IEP as part of considering your options - you want to know before you move back what support and accommodations he will be provided.

I would also think about a therapist. Middle school is the age when kids start having a harder time talking to parents about friendship issues, and it is always hard for a teen to receive social coaching from a parent without perceiving it as control or pressure to succeed in some way.

How is your kid at self-advocacy?  All kids legally deserve privacy about their diagnoses, but TBH, part of growing up is being able to say "this is the authentic me" and part of that is autism and needing things in school and social relationships that are atypical.

I would also ask the school what they mean by "ready for harder academics"? Have you had an assessment that includes IQ?  Some autistic and/or ADHD kids are quite bright, and being in (an appropriately) challenging environment is educating to their strengths and interests - things that they will rely on in adolescence and are important to the ADHD aspect of motivation. IMO public and private of different kinds of "challenging" academic environments. [/quote]

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