Some CHADD support groups have social skills training available. There is also a book called Skillstreaming for Adolescents that deals with teaching social skills. I got the book at my doctor's suggestion but I have to admit I haven't read it yet. My son has inattentive ADD but he doesn't have any problems with making friends so it wasn't a major concern for me. I believe the website for CHADD is www.chadd.org Elaine

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Many child psychologists offer social skills classes. Ask your insurance for a referal if you have it or your pdoc.

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Hi,

As a coach I have had great results working with kids on their social skills. That would be another avenue.

Thanks, Lyn

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Hi Anne,

Role playing can help most children acquire social skills through practice. It may take a little while, but eventually most parents see their children's social skills, and friendships, increase.

To find out more from ADDitude, go to: http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/2552.html

Good Luck!

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would help him. I have found that if one kid gets to know my ds better one on one (and it usually goes better because ds does better one on one), then other kids that like that kid will give ds a chance.

It also gets better as they get older (somewhat!)

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Ann,

I have a 10 year old son with the same exact issues. He is such a great kid but loses it when he is around other kids. He is overly excited, too loud and too silly and the other kids get irritated. We talk, talk, talk about it but it doesn't seem to help. The only thing that would help is to get more practice at it, but the other kids don't invite him to things because of the exact issues we need to work on. Other parents misintrepret his behavior as being ill behaved. We have spent time playing games w/ psychologist but that he is intelligent and he can talk about good choices but in the heat of the moment he acts impulsively and the whole cycle starts over. We tried a summer camp last year but I'm not sure it really helped.

I know kids across the country are struggling with these issues, I wish there was a way to connect.

If you discover anything please post it to this forum, thanks!!

Julie

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Good luck. I have been trying for years to find some help. The child physcologist says she doesn"t have enough patients around his age to form a group. His counselor was suspose to be working with him but nothing has come from it. Things at school have not improved. He has no friends. One boy will be his so called friend if none of the other kids know it.

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I used to want a coach to help me with my social skills. I am 42 now. I couldn't find one so I had to go to a therapist regularly to work on my social skills and to learn that their are consequences to every action whether it be good or bad. With ADD/ADHD most are looking for instant gradification. That's really not reality and I had to learn most of my lessons the hard way.

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My son used to make noises that would bug other kids. Then he had to get braces and a palate expander. The palate expander prevented him from doing his noise. Since it was in for an entire school year he seems to have gotten out of the habit. He's had the expander out for a year and hardly ever does his noise anymore.

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My ADHD/LD son was similar to the boys others have described. I googled social skills training for our city, and along with recommendations from the school psychologist and a friend, signed him up for social skills "training." It is like group therapy and my son refers to it as "group." There are 5 or 6 boys in the group all in the 10 year old age range and they meet weekly for an hour with the therapists. They role play, talk about proper behavior, practice, play games, etc. He has been going since August and doing well and starting to put his new skills into practice. The group ends in May so we'll see what happens then. If you are interested, depending on where you live, I suspect there are several place that offer these classes or groups. Good luck. I know it is hard seeing your child with few friends and the inability to fit in with peers.

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