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I'm coming from the other side as well. DS(now 9 as of today!) is 2E with social/behavioral issues, and it can be a challenge for the kids to work with him sometimes. In 2nd grade, his teacher talked to the whole class (I believe it was when they were reading Charlotte's Web) about his social skills, and about how they were at *this* level with math, for instance, where he was up *here*, but when it came to making friends they were the ones who were up *here* and he was down *here*. The light bulb came on for a lot of them in that discussion. It really helps that the school works not only with him on his behavior and how to understand the social stuff and deal with his anger issues, but also with the other kids to make them understand how to deal with him when he's having trouble, and how to resist pushing his buttons.