Who does fine academically, but struggles socially. If there is anything between a 1:1 aide (which we will clearly never get) and keeping him in the office during all recesses and lunch breaks (the latest suggestion from the school), we haven't been able to articulate it.
There's a ton they can do, if they are willing to bother. Keeping him in the office would seem to be a non-starter (how is he going to learn social skills? If this is a persistent issue, he needs more practice, not less.) How old is your DS?
Some options:
--weekly lunchtime social group, facilitated by guidance counselor or speech therapist. Can focus explicitly on friendship themes or be a conversation/book club, depending on need. Can include only kids who need work on social skills, or a mix of kids who need help and peer buddies.
--pushed-in special educator or trained paraprofessional support during particularly social times of day (group work, gym, recess)
--educating the school staff who deals with the child (not just his teacher, also the lunch/recess aides, gym teacher, others who have lunch duty, etc.) about ways to watch for problems and cue him what to do.
Apart from school:
--outside-of-school social skills workshops run by speech therapist or psychologist.
--enroll in Indian Guides, Lego club, Cub Scouts, or any other situations where kids are explicitly learning to work together.
DeeDee
