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joylily October 10, 2009

Making friends at school

joylily
I have a 9yr old son. He has adhd and as (asperger's). He started attending a new school last year because the school he attended and had many friends at was on the other side of town and the special education teacher was bullying him. So we brought him to a school closer to home hoping that he would make friends and have a community of support close to home. To my dismay he has not been able to make friends he had a close friend last year but he moved away. So once again he is alone. To make things worse the kids on the playgorund and classroom are starting to bully him. Is there someone out there that wants a friend? We are a good family and have a nice home with a big back yard to play and have fun. Is there a family like ours out there just looking for good people to get together and let the kids play. A lonely little boy needs a friend. We have no family in the area.
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joylily
joylily October 11, 2009
I agree that female friends are more patient. So there is hope. I will check for chadd in my area.
Thank you for advise
healthy11
healthy11 October 10, 2009
Hi. I'm not in LasVegas, but I'd like to suggest that you join your local www.chadd.org chapter, to meet other parents of children with ADHD...In my area, many of us recognized the social difficulties our kids were having, and formed some friendships/playgroups that way.
My own ADHD son had very few friends in elementary school, and was bullied the most in 5th grade, but we tried to involve him in different activities to keep busy regardless...things like scouting, and martial arts classes were especially good, because they were held under "adult supervision" rather than "free play." I can say that my son is now a teen, and I still see him as somewhat immature compared to his peers, but has far more friends than I ever dreamed possible. (Curiously, more of his friends are female than guys, which is just as well! They seem more patient...)

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