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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids who has Asperger's syndrome and some kids who have ADHD typically don't learn social skills by observation.  They have to be taught social skills explicitly.  They can't read reactions in other people's faces or body language and don't realize when they are being rude. It has to be explained.

If you teach social skills explicitly, they usually can learn them and become pretty functional.

If the kid has not been taught social skills, then the kid won't have social skills. [/quote]

+1.  But, being "taught" social skills for a kid with Asperger's or ADHD is more than just the normal "teaching" that goes on between parent and child.  It is much more explicit and repetitive over a long period of time.

I get the feeling that OP wants to blame bioMom for not "teaching" social skills, and this is not at all appropriate when the social skills deficit is due to a disorder like Asperger's, ADHD, etc.  In these cases, often the parent is teaching social skills in the way that they were taught and in the way that most neurotypical kids would learn, but a kid with a disorder as above needs quite a different more intense instructional style with positive behavioral reinforcement. [/quote]

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