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Any SEND families here?
My sister is struggling with finding friends.
She is 16 yo. She does not want to meet other autistic kids but her school friends being bullies..

Does she do anything out of School? Has she tried anything like Explorers or a Coding Club? Even if she doesn’t make friends she will at least widen her social circle.

Has she told you what her plans are after GCSEs?

She did. She in fact wants to be an actress and get onto that.. but she does not want to go to acting school. She does ice-skating sometimes..

Ok so if she wants to be an Actress is she taking drama at school? Is she involved in any local drama groups or does she volunteer at a Theatre? Could you take her to a couple of local productions do that she can get a feel of what local theatre is like?

That is a good point actually. She is not doing any of it as she really having a big social anxiety.. may be good idea to take her there too for volunteering, you are very right.

If she’s having social anxiety, has she spoken to the GP? She might find that an SSRI like Sertraline might help? DBT can also help a lot of ND people.

Do you think that she would be willing to try a workbook like this one?

But yes, do see if she’s willing to volunteer at your local theatre. Not only will it give her an insight into how Theatres work but it will get her out of the house, get her mixing with people other than those at school and give her something to put on her CV. Plus people who volunteer at Theatres are usually a friendly bunch