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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the therapist think he doesn't have it, then they can work on developing his weak areas.

A diagnosis won't do anything anyway.[/quote]

Kids learn social skills from their peers not therapists.[/quote]
Maybe toddlers.
This is an older child. My son benefitted a lot from the therapist discussing these things.[/quote]

Doesn't matter the age of the child.  This is based on research.[/quote]

Not if you have autism -- that's kind of the point. Kids (and adults) with autism don't pick up/notice the subtle social cues through which everyone else learns social skills intuitively, through their peers. So they need an adult to teach them the basics -- explicitly -- and then facilitate peer interactions, pointing out expected and unexpected behavior.[/quote]

No, it doesn't matter the diagnosis.  Kids learn social skills from their peers--that's why they invented social skills groups for the kids who have a hard time with this.[/quote]

They need the adult to teach and facilitate the skills and peers for practicing the skills. If they just magically learned from their peers (as typically developing children do), they wouldn't need social skills classes (run by trained adults). Some kids, before they can begin practicing social skills with other peers, need to practice with just adults (who are better than kids at changing their reactions to fit what's needed in a particular situation).[/quote]

No one magically learns social skills.  A facilitator isn't the person they're learning the social skills from. Practicing with adults doesn't help kids apply the skills with other kids.  Look up Rick lavoie's work for starters.  [/quote]

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