Social Support for Teens

Social Support for Teens

U.S. researchers analyzed national data on more than 11,000 teens enrolled in special education and found that among those with autism, 43 percent never see friends outside of school, 54 percent never get called by friends and about half are never invited to social activities.This new study reports having limited or no social contact can be damaging. However; their are always social programs that teens with autism can benefit from just by understanding how they communicate.

You can define what those behaviors are by asking your teen questions,taking your teen to relatives to visit that have other teens and are able to create a social environment that stimulates and promotes appropriate social activity. Role playing is a form of communication that can promote or increase transition into social activity and acceptance. I believe it is challenging but can be done. Teens that are on the outside looking in see teens with autism as different and mentally unaware of today's social trends. Their is always one or two people that are willing to step and practice patience by getting to know the individual and help the delayed or impaired take a visit to friendship lane.

Each and everyone of us are different and somehow we are reaching and extending to meet and help those that are different become special.