For example, why can't he START in the other room so his friends don't notice him leaving? And why on earth does he need to be in a different room anyway? That's not least restrictive environment. Let him do the work with everyone else, hand it in, and then go to the other room, get it back and continue working? There are definitely ways to solve this, and the process of solving it can be therapeutic in helping your son accept himself and also nurture his relationships.
This is one of the things we will be talking about this afternoon. Partly this is about when the extra time is available. It looks like it's most likely to be after class rather than before it. (There is a study period after English class once a week when they have block.) Leaving the room would be for the accommodation that he do all in-class writing assignments on a computer. The way this school implements this is having the student do the assignment in the resource room.
The teachers have already said they won't allow him to take these assessments early because of cheating issues. He could start it 30 minutes before the rest of the class where he has not chance to tell anyone the writing prompts or test questions.
