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[quote=Anonymous]Title says it but for context and hopefully advice apologies for the length 
-16 year old, rising senior, college track 
-we are working on passomg the frontal lobe reigns to him as our support now causes anger and resentment. has executive functioning coach and new therapist. Pretty resistant to both but these were my 2 non negotiables since he was so adamant that we back off of him and stop organizing his life for him. He is absolutely adamant against social skills groups 
-had a sport and friends but only during the sport and does not translate to outside practice and games.
-would sit by himself at lunch rather if his teammates aren’t there rather than try to make a new friend in one of his classes
-other than his sport, he had no interests except being on his phone or video games

I know he is lonely because he tells me. He has told me he is bad with the “banter” that is on his group chat and I’ve seen some his responses when he does join in. They are either conversation enders or completely irrelevant. He does not appear interested in people even though I think he is. Ex: I asked him  if his sports friends did anything fun over the summer and he said he didn’t know and didn’t think to ask, even after not seeing some of them since June.

My fear is that next year at college, he will self isolate as he does at home and not do anything. I don’t think he likes his sport enough to do it even at the club level. I’d like him to feel some confidence going into college but he’s also resentful of any advice or tips I give him when I see him interactacting in a way that is off putting

Any advice is appreciated as I feel like I’m walking on eggshells with him all the time.[/quote]

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