Wanting connection and knowing how to reach it are two different things.
Making and keeping friends
A birthday invitation that never comes. A group chat they’re not in. It’s tempting to read this as a child who prefers being alone, but the desire for friendship is there, at every age. What’s harder is the access: reading a room, keeping pace with a fast conversation, knowing when it’s their turn to speak. Many parents notice this gets harder, not easier, through the teenage years and into early adulthood, when loneliness can quietly take hold even in a room full of people. This webinar with Linda Campbell looks at what actually gets in the way, and what helps, across childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
In this session, Linda covers why social withdrawal in 22q is usually about difficulty, not disinterest, what the research on face-reading and social processing means day to day, and why loneliness is a particular risk in adolescence and early adulthood, even when someone is surrounded by people. The question isn’t whether your child wants connection. It’s what’s standing in the way of it, and what actually helps.
A clear, evidence-grounded session for parents of children, teenagers and adults with 22q who want to understand what’s really making friendship harder, and where to start.
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