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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your son sounds exactly like my child.  We concentrated on his social skills and didn't focus on academics-as in making sure he "advanced." Rather, we gave him plenty of opportunities to stimulate his mind and learn on a variety of subjects (e.g., geography, history, etc).  Our primary focus was development of social skills.  His natural intelligence was not going to go away.  Fast forward to middle school.  He is now in a private school that caters exclusively to academically gifted kids and he is excelling but more importantly, he had the time and opportunity in grade school to develop the social skills that will allow him to have a happy and productive life.  [/quote]

Hello All.  This sounds a lot like my son.  PP, could you be a bit more specific about how you concentrated on his social skills?  Did you use a social skills group?  Speech therapy or OT/  We are at the beginning of this process and trying to figure out where to go next.  Thanks![/quote]

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