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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Starting young (8 is fine) is so important. You can correct his social behaviors and he won’t get take it as a personal criticism or ignore you. At that age we did take my son to a social skills group that was a small group of other boys his age with adhd, once a week. It was expensive as hell and not covered by insurance but it was really helpful. Also, one on one therapy that focused hard on social skills and emotional regulation. 
Now he’s 11 and his teacher says he is well liked- even popular- and pleasant, and she’s shocked to hear he ever struggled socially with his adhd when he was younger. Now his problems are more executive functioning with more long term school projects and multiple subjects to deal with. But I can’t recommend going in hard on social skills and emotional regulation at a young age when they’re still receptive to it. Do not hesitate. [/quote]

We did the same, but started younger than 8, and I agree.  Expensive, not covered by insurance, and worth every penny.  They did a lot of follow directions and turn taking games (which was really hard for our ants-in-his-pants, couldn't sit still kid).  Kid still has ADHD, but the impulsiveness is under much better control[/quote]

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