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Hi

My partner and I have a 17 year old who is high functioning enough to be considering uni next year. Good points - polite, well spoken, industrious (obsessive), caring, doing very well at college, can navigate on public transport and do most domestic tasks - cooking, cleaning, shopping. Areas for improvement - social connection (no friends), no experience of handling bank accounts, lack of interest in typical teen activities and naive in some of these areas, obsessive interest in one thing, generally anxious, inability to 'fit in' (and knows it), finds other people a bit of a mystery!

Does anyone have experience of launching a relatively high-functioning person to tertiary education or know organisations that do?

Ideally I'm looking to get them up to speed in all areas - health, emergencies, social life, finance etc so by the time they go, we can have some confidence they won't have too much of a melt down and can complete a degree and forge a happy life.

Thanks for any pointers...

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  • Thanks for writing. I feel hopeful when you say your problems don't affect you as much now. We're hoping our youngster will manage ok but want to prepare as much as possible over the next year. That includes trying to reduce their anxiety and 'toughen them up' a wee bit. Not sure if that's over hopeful!

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  • Thanks for writing. I feel hopeful when you say your problems don't affect you as much now. We're hoping our youngster will manage ok but want to prepare as much as possible over the next year. That includes trying to reduce their anxiety and 'toughen them up' a wee bit. Not sure if that's over hopeful!

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