| Social Skills Disorder | | | | the teen with Asperger's Disorder, as he pursues his |
| The failure to develop friendships is often the | | | | unique special interest. Wanting to have friends, the |
| deciding factor in parents seeking an evaluation.The | | | | AD teen is at risk for depression as he becomes |
| AD child cannot keep in good shape friendships, | | | | increasingly aware with each passing year that he |
| partially due to his rigid insistence of rules and his | | | | lacks the ability to change his social life. If he can find |
| inflexibility in play. He is strictly bound to the rules and | | | | a peer who shares a similar interest, his middle school |
| could not forgive cheating by his peers. Social Skills | | | | years will be far better than the child who is without |
| Disorder | | | | a friend. Even if the friendship is based primarily on |
| He tattles on his classmates and is oblivious to the | | | | pursuing talk and activities related to their special |
| social code of not snitching on your peers. His poor | | | | interest, it can be a significant deterrent to |
| motor skills attain him low on the list of playmates | | | | depression. Social Skills Disorder |
| for games. His need for sameness may become | | | | The ability to interact, get along, and develop and |
| more apparent and his special interests become more | | | | maintain relationships is a powerful predictor of |
| developed. As he becomes more knowledgeable | | | | current as well as later psychological adjustment. |
| about his special interest, his monologues become | | | | Young children with poor social skills are unhappy, are |
| longer and he is not able to own reciprocal | | | | alienated from their peers, have poor achievement |
| conversations. Social Skills Disorder | | | | levels, and have low self-esteem. Peer rejection in |
| His advanced vocabulary and knowledge stay to | | | | adolescence is even more destructive with increased |
| impress adults but alienates peers who do not can | | | | school failure, absenteeism, dropping out, and |
| make out him. While others their age are making | | | | delinquency. Social Skills Disorder |
| deeper friendships that involve trust, secrets, and | | | | In adulthood, our social skills play a large role in the |
| common interests, teens with Asperger's Disorder, | | | | type of work we are able to find and whether or |
| remains socially isolated. The social patterns he | | | | not we can maintain it. It determines whether or not |
| displayed in elementary school years continue, and his | | | | we will have friends and romantic partners,and ever |
| peers are even less willing to tolerate him. As cliques | | | | marry and raise a family. Friendships are viewed by |
| form at school, the AD adolescent is excluded. | | | | most people as a very important part of life. Through |
| Lacking common social sense, the teen with | | | | friendships, we experience feelings of being liked, |
| Asperger's Disorder, is at risk of being the brunt of | | | | valued, admired, cared about, trusted, and loved. |
| pranks or egged on to act out inappropriate | | | | With this come feelings of positive self-worth, a |
| behaviors. Social Skills Disorder | | | | sense of belonging, and feelings of worthiness. Don't |
| He is also a prime candidate for public taunting and | | | | let your love ones suffer anymore! Lead them out |
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