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[quote=Anonymous]I have an almost nine-year-old boy with severe ADHD and generalized anxiety. We have gone through some very, very rough times in the past but have been in a great place for the last six months after making some positive changes (leaving a school that was a bad fit, trying new interventions, etc). Now that he is so much happier and less anxious and, very relevantly, more interested in socializing than he has ever been, I really want to work on his social skills and am hoping for some advice, maybe book recommendations?

His social skills have always been weak--it is not that I hadn't noticed before!--but when he was paralyzed with anxiety there was really no way to work constructively on the skills themselves. We were entirely focused on helping him manage the anxiety. Now that he seems more resilient and interested, though, I would like to get him thinking more about how he interacts with others. Some specific different issues are: not being aware of his tone of voice and how it might be perceived; bossiness/inflexibility; trying to bond with other kids by being silly and even dishonest, ie making things up to impress them.

How have others handled this sort of thing?

In the past we have had to tread very lightly because any suggestion that he might be doing something to make people dislike him or have any negative feelings toward him would send my son into a place of devastating social anxiety. He still rejects any specific criticism of his behavior in the moment and becomes extremely defensive. But I think we could read some books and talk about other people in similar situations. I am hopeful that something like  might help him.

Any advice is welcome! Thanks in advance.[/quote]

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