Debbie,
You've done a fantastic job advocating. I'm so glad it's been met with success in the form of acceleration! Congrats!
The social stuff is a little harder to peg down...((hugs)).
I don't know quite how you deal with the other kids except with how they are offering to have the social worker talk with him and talk to the class about bullying. Once kids see the adults won't let them them get away with that stuff, it usually dwindles pretty quickly!
Just keep talking to him, too. Just *hearing* him and letting him feel like someone actually *gets* him probably goes a lot further than him than maybe he lets on.
