Hitting the Wall in 7th Grade - Advice?

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It's been a couple of days since I checked here and just wanted to say thank you to all the new posters for sharing your thoughts and experiences. I will definitely look for the Aspergirls book and will read the linked article.

The idea of outside of school activities is a good one and she is lucky to have a few close friends outside of school, which is really nice for her. She attends a private school - the public schools in our area are not on option.

I keep focusing on the hope that things will improve with time. All the drama has really made her reflect on what is important in a friend, how to be a good friend, when to trust, or not trust people, etc. As difficult as it is for me to see her struggle, she is learning and understanding the social context of school. In some ways the middle school trial by fire is making her tougher and stronger. I do and will keep emphasizing that these are hard years for everyone. I want her to have compassion and love for herself and others.

Again, thank you all! I so appreciate the supportive environment here!

Just wanted to hop back on here to thank momsparky for suggesting the Paul Graham article. I found it to be excellent and intend to have my daughter read it too. I'm sure it will lead to lots of good discussion!

My pleasure; I forget where I found that (probably here) but it has really helped us...I cut a few paragraphs out when I gave it to DS (felt there was no need to equate school with prison for him, but I did tell him I'd made some edits.)

I'm trying to figure out how to politely ask our middle school administrators to read it