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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IN K, my ADHD kid was super popular. In first grade (at a new school in a new neighborhood) he still had friends in school and got invited to bday parties.

By 3rd, I could see fewer bday invitations and playdates or sleepovers and parents (both coaches and parents of friends) would sometimes get irritated by him.

Upper ES and MS were tough. He had some friends but not a lot and not very close.

In HS, he found a sport he liked and was good at and could take classes in subjects of interest. He's a good-looking, athletic kid and has a good sense of humor and isn't a trouble-maker, so between all that he was able to make male friends in sports and some classes with peers who had similar interests, found a girlfriend, and seemed like a nice boy to people's parents.  So, it got better, and he's reasonably happy now I think.  But, it was painful to watch for awhile, and I felt unable to help him, and I think he started to take it personally.

[b]In retrospect, we waited too long to medicate and do therapy, and explicit instruction for social pragmatics by an SLP or exec. function therapist. [/b]

IMO, there was a shift in 3rd grade, even among boys, to more talking while playing and more negotiating about what to play/do that was very hard for my kid due to language disorder issues along with the ADHD. There also was a whole universe of common boy interests - Star Wars, football, baseball, superhero movies and comics, etc. - that my kid wasn't interested in at all and couldn't feign knowledge or interest in(due to the ADHD), which also made it hard to form friendships. 
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How do you look for one? [/quote]

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