I am new to this board so firstly, hello.
We have a pre-teen with a recent AS diagnosis with boarder line co-morbid ADHD.
Now CAHMS have done their work we seem to be high and dry. Where next?
Is there a good support group we can join? We have read loads of books and understand 'why' she is behaving like this,... just not how to change our approach of the last few years to help her become an independent, and please, 'happy' young women. She is not happy at all now and has not been for years really.
Please, can anyone point me in the direction of where to even start?
For info, she is high functioning, main issues are with body language, facial expression, social settings, saying what is on her mind openly without QCing it first and zero organisation. She does well at school with the right teachers who understand but not with the ones who cut her no slack as far as recording homework down correctly etc. Gets very stressed about busy gatherings, does not make friends without an awful level of stress but is very articulate on a one-to-one whereby you would never know much is wrong, apart from no eye contact.
Please, where do we start?
Many thanks in advance.