DD10 needs help understanding non-verbal (as well as verbal) cues and I'm looking for any resources that might be out there to help an Aspie-ish kid get clued in. She's kind and affectionate, but for example does not always understand when she is annoying someone (unless they say so very clearly). The Davidson people had suggested working through Cathi Cohen's "Raise Your Child's Social IQ," and we're going to do that at home, but it would be nice to also try other things because I think the more directions we come from the more likely something is to click with her. We've tried social skills groups; one was useful but the psychologist leading it moved away, and the last two have been disasters--the first was all boys and seemed to have little or no supervision, and the second was girls but the group leader kept getting mad and yelling at her and DD would be in tears at the end--so, not very helpful, and we stopped going. If anyone has other ideas, I would love to hear them.
Life provides many educational opportunities if we are open to the teachable moment to observe and discuss body language and facial expression