If I had a magic wand.......

[Blossomhill]

The one thing I would wish for is that dd had real friends.
She does like other children and talks about them but unlike ds she doesn't interact on a level that I would call them true friendships.
It just upsets me as I often think it would be nice to have someone over for tea but really cannot think of anyone I can actually ask .
In general things are pretty good right now but if I had one wish that would be it.

Sorry, forgot to add she is 6 and has a language disorder.

Hi blossomhill,

so sorry to hear that you and ds in this sitution.

How old is your ds??

Have you asked teacher if anyone in paticular that she gets on with??

Sorry if i'm wrong, i dont know much about it.

Butty.xxx

Does ds attend a mainstream school?

Do you attend any support or family groups for any of the problems??

Do you have any friends that you dont see often that you would like to catch up with that have children around the same age??

Butty.xxx

Aw Blossom, I feel exactly the same. I worry about this all the time. If DS does make friends it will be a prayer answered. It makes me so sad to see him watching his class-mates instead of joining in.

I know she's spending less time in the lang. unit now but does she have a special friend in there?

I sent you an email btw. Hope you don't mind

Hi Butty

My dd goes to a ms school with an attatched langauge unit. She is sociable but as she finds it hard to chit chat makes it more difficult to make true friends. She is beginning to chat more to the children on her table, which is good.

Hi Lilypond

I know exactly what you mean. Everyone goes on about how bright dd is but inside I just feel like screaming but she doesn't have any proper friends!!!! That is far more important to me!

She does have 1 friend from the unit but tbh without sounding cruel it's like the blind leading the blind as he finds it even harder than dd to socialise!

Ah, bless them both.

Does she have any help at school with learning to socialise? Does it come under SALT?

I suppose it is an incredibly complex thing for a child with language problems. I can see that DS doesn't know that rules at all. It's strange because with adults he is so over-friendly and I wish he could be like that with children

LP - Yes she has SALT social skills once a week which is helping. Like your ds she finds it much easier to socialise with adults than her peers.