Our DYS/SET 13 year old daughter can be socially awkward too (pubescent girl power games are needless and utterly vapid to her) with age peer girls but has often done well with older people and boys.
Yes, DD has always tried to figure out the girl scene to the point of literally graphing social behavior a few years ago. She is also younger than the other students which is part of that tricky grade skipping issue.
Wife and I read Untangled which helped as well - it is apparently very difficult, even for professionals, to correctly diagnose depression in teenagers, especially girls.
While I wouldn't leap into assuming depression, I would keep a weather eye open in this regard.
I am going to go check out this book. Thank you.
