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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I keep hearing that there are kids with ASD/ADHD at all the mainstream privates, but it seems like they can do ok academically but never can fit in socially. Is there anything to prepare them?[/quote]

There are a few kids in every grade my kids are in at our mainstream private. My oldest is in middle school. My oldestchild has ADHD and anxiety (potentially ASD but unclear).

The kids with ASD are doing well socially and academically (according to the parents). The school does a lot to support the kids, and socially it’s such a small pool that kids are usually at least ok to each other. The kids with ASD seem to all have a friend group (definitely obvious on the play ground and at birthday parties).

But these kids have all been at our school since K or early elementary school, when the adults at the school can do a lot more to support friendships between the kids. I’m  not sure how it would go for new kids with ASD who enter in high school. [/quote]

Usually elementary school is kinder and parents can facilitate more, but by 4th/5th relationships require more interpersonal awareness and social deftness, especially with girls (honestly, with girls you can really see cliques forming in first grade). There is much less pressure to “include everyone” outside of school even if peer relationships in school are congenial. [/quote]

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