Thank you so much for your reply. So was the point of it that he could show this to the teacher or that he self-monitored or...? I'm having trouble seeing exactly how this works in practice.
What is his contingency plan if he does melt down? DD does well if allowed to cool down by herself with a book, but this can take some time and she can be very distracting to others in the meantime. Her former school had no staff available to sit with a child in distress, and considered doing this to be a "reward" for her in any case, which is part of the reason we switched to a larger school with an on-site counselor and social worker. Does your son have a diagnosis other than giftedness? DD does not. We have toyed with trying to get one but are not sure she is really diagnosable with anything specific. (Maybe anxiety.)
