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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 414009" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>what makes anyone assume she has the ability to do this with any success? providing here with an opportunity to talk to other kids may not be anywhere near enough--she may need extreme help, structured opportunities and formal training to accomplish this. i thought you've said before that she's has extreme social difficulties for a very long time....why is anyone assuming this is some behavioral issue alone? (even if nothing else, her level of anxiety still seems to be so crazy high that i can't imagine that doesnt factor in).</p><p> </p><p>i realize you need to start somewhere, but it seems to me that its in no ones best interest to set her up to fail if its something she has no ability to do.</p><p> </p><p>(and fwiw, she's not 5 anymore when kids just talk to other kids. she's at an age where by default, its weird to have some kid you dont know start talking to you, especially if there is a hint of uncoolness. this is an enormously difficult task for the average kid. she might have better success *starting out* by <strong>initiating conversation</strong> with a kindly adult. because the key really is in the initiating--not who she's initiating with)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 414009, member: 8831"] what makes anyone assume she has the ability to do this with any success? providing here with an opportunity to talk to other kids may not be anywhere near enough--she may need extreme help, structured opportunities and formal training to accomplish this. i thought you've said before that she's has extreme social difficulties for a very long time....why is anyone assuming this is some behavioral issue alone? (even if nothing else, her level of anxiety still seems to be so crazy high that i can't imagine that doesnt factor in). i realize you need to start somewhere, but it seems to me that its in no ones best interest to set her up to fail if its something she has no ability to do. (and fwiw, she's not 5 anymore when kids just talk to other kids. she's at an age where by default, its weird to have some kid you dont know start talking to you, especially if there is a hint of uncoolness. this is an enormously difficult task for the average kid. she might have better success *starting out* by [B]initiating conversation[/B] with a kindly adult. because the key really is in the initiating--not who she's initiating with) [/QUOTE]
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