Primary school, ASD, and navigating friendships

[jojoohno]

Hello,

Not sure where to post this but just wondered if anyone had any advice or tips on how to help your child navigate primary school friendships?

DS is in reception, is generally very happy and settled, but this evening told me he felt "left out" as two of his friends were playing football and said "no" to him joining today. He said he went and played with some cars but that he was sad.

I explained to him that sometimes we want to play with different people and we talked through how sometimes he wants to play with one person but not another and that doesn't mean he doesn't like them etc.

But I'm not sure what more I could be doing? Any MN wisdom on this?

Oh I forgot to mention DS is on the spectrum (diagnosed with moderate needs).

We have the Usborne books on feelings, friends, family etc. which we go through a lot. And they do social stories at school. And I'm proactive in setting up play dates.

It's definitely progress that he could articulate what happened and his feelings, I'm not sure I did the best explaining.

Bumping