Homemaking obsession. Was: summer camps for our kids

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I'm not in your area, so can't recommend summer camps.

Regarding your son not cooperating with therapy--have you tried group therapy?

My son (14yo) with Asperger doesn't do well with one-on-one therapy either, but

he does respond to group therapy. It is hard to find social skills training

groups at our kids (middle school, high school) age group, but there are a few

out there. Most of them are more geared for ADHD kids and are not a perfect

fit, but I'm deciding that they are better than nothing. At least gets them out

of the house, interacting with other people, and at least thinking about social

issues a little. It's not camp, but it would be more long-term and give him

something to focus on besides your house. I know it's driving you nuts, but

I've never heard of an AS kid focusing on homemaking the way yours is, and I

think it is kind of sweet! If you could just take the good out of his

interest and get rid of the bad obsessive part of it, huh? I wonder if you

could expand his interest into areas that you really need help with, like spring

cleaning type activities or just anything you actually want help with. Would

your husband work with him on home repair activities that need to be done? Give

him some choices besides the stuff you don't want him doing? Have you asked him

why he hung up the pots and pans? Assume he wants them more handy? Maybe you

could come up with a better solution together, maybe give him some choices if he

won't participate in brainstorming? Just some thoughts.

Ruth