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[quote=Anonymous]Our DD has had several years of social skills groups. She always tends to do well in these groups, my guess is because these are very structured, small, ideal settings. She even emerges as a leader and helps the other girls solve problems and comes up with great solutions and interacts really well. But after so many of these sessions, I find they don't translate well to the real world. When on the playground, in a busy noisy restaurant and other group settings she still seems to not engage very well, often going off by herself. She has a few friends but we def have to "cultivate" these friendships and it feels like a struggle sometimes. With cousins and family she is similar to the social skills groups, really engages and interacts almost like a completely different person. She is getting older and I find myself worrying more and more about her social skills and if she will have any real frends. She has an ADHD diagnosis and her ped and I suspect PDD possibly or some social component more than just ADHD. Her language and communication is superb but she lacks attention span and eye contact is labored. She tends to talk about the same topics although you can easily have a conversation with her about anythung. She interacts well with adults but has trouble with peers. She doesn't seem to care about what others are doing sometimes or want to be in the group but if you ask her about it she says feels sad and left out a lot. Other than social skills groups and small one-on-one play dates, what else has worked for you? Any suggestions? Appreciate any help/insight. [/quote]

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