12. How I can better manage the social problems encountered by the ADHD child?

12.1. Incidental Teaching of Social Skills

• Lesson starts when a poor social skill is observed
  
• Ask the child how he could have done it differently, guide him into generating alternatives if necessary (rather than giving him the alternative)
  

12.2. Social Skill Autopsy - for more difficult social skill problem

• Step 1: Discuss what the child did
  
• Step 2: Discuss what happened when the child did it
  
• Step 3: Discuss whether the outcome is positive or negative
  
• Step 4: Discuss what the child should do next time
  

12.3. Allow the ADHD/ADD child to play with younger children if this is where they fit in; They can develop valuable social skills from interactions with younger children.