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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes- we're not in DC anymore. DS9 started school today. No one is very happy about it. 
I'm putting on some optimism and hoping some of these therapies might result in friendships and fewer homework battles. 
[b]It was painful at a back-to-school social event last week to realize that his male classmates had been hanging together in the summer and didn't include DS. [/b]
There is no point worrying- what will happen, will happen. Better to put energy toward advocating for effective accommodations. I say that, but of course, we can't help worrying. [/quote]

Social exclusion of your kid is one of those painful things that you never can get used to :(. Hope school goes well for him. [/quote]

I agree that this is painful, but I'm wondering if 1) all the boys hung out together at the same time all summer, which would be exclusionary or 2) kids frequently hung out with their friends in small groups --in which case there was no conscious effort to exclude your son. My DD really just played with two or three school friends this summer. When she asked for a play date, I didn't sit down with a class list and check off who we'd hung with already or how many times to make sure no one would feel left out in September. If I'd organized a big event, I would have made sure everyone got an invite.

My child has anxiety (not primarily social) and dreads large groups and new people. We spent a lot of summer evenings playing at local parks so she could practice introducing herself to new children. She didn't make any new best friends, but she wasn't lonely and I saw an improvement in her social skills. She hasn't struggled to make at-school friendships, but I think that she's ready now to expand beyond the 2-3 classmates that she currently will ask to see outside of school. [/quote]

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