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I looked into social skills camps but we ran into issues where a lot of the groups are [b]compromised[/b], naturally, of kids with special needs and in the most recent group, all of the kids had more severe impairments than he did.  I wondered if anyone was familiar with groups that mixed and matched NT kids and SN kids?  Maybe what I'm seeking is a camp/group that isn't special needs per se, but has leaders capable of handling some kids who need more support?

Any tips or info on opportunities that may be open for August would be greatly appreciated!  
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OP, you need to [b]find a social skill group/camp that has a better mix[/b].  I'm skeptical that the other kids were so much more "SN" than your kid.  [/quote]

Yes, that's exactly what I'm looking for -- that is what I'm asking about.  Not sure why you are skeptical, but the one we did earlier this summer wasn't a good fit for what we were looking for in terms of social skills. [/quote]

OP, if your kid can't play one on one [i]with you[/i] without ending up in tears, then he is not ready for a group with NT kids.  So yes, I am very skeptical that the other kids in his past social skills group were more "SN" than he is.[/quote]

You're right.  I'm lying about my child, his needs and his abilities.

Seriously, wtf? I don't even know how to respond. You do realize that I never said the other kids were more SN?  Another poster wrote that.  I said that the social impairments were more severe.  As bad as social interactions can be, my son does have some skills -- he can greet people appropriately and tell people his name and understands taking turns and listening when it's someone else's turn to talk, etc.    As I posted before, the kids in this small group were working on skills that my son has a decent grasp on.  They used him as a peer model for some skills.  And the skills that my son is pretty damn lousy at were not really addressed.  So, I concluded that I didn't do a good job picking An appropriate group and came here wondering if other groups existed that might have more of what we were looking for.   He did show a good deal of growth throughout the last school year and I attribute a lot of that to the peer models he had in his preschool, which is not a special needs preschool, which is what got me wondering about groups that might have a mix.  I'm baffled about how this stirred up skeptism in some of you.

Good grief it's isolating to be in a new state with a child with special needs, without the precious few social lifelines we had managed to develop through school the last two years.  I'm just trying to help my kid.

Thank you to everyone who did post suggestions and direction and guidance.  It's much appreciated. [/quote]

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