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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, DS was like this. He eventually decided he wanted to change because he couldn’t keep any friends. We hired a social skills coach that he met with weekly which helped a lot with understanding categories of friends, how often to text, social cues, etc. There were enough opportunities for him to interact with kids at school so we decided against the social skills group. 1:1 coaching worked best since he could practice what he learned in real life. He’s 16 now and has a handful of friends and a lot of acquaintances. The hard part now is he knows what do to in scenarios he’s encountered before or been coached on. It’s brand new social scenarios that are a challenge because he doesn’t have those instincts to know what to do. He’s ok with making mistakes and just learns from it for next time.[/quote]
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