Thanks, I was wondering if bringing the sped advocate would be over-kill, but I'm going to do it. I had her number out to call her today.
Good!
I love the way you are after the school to do what's right. Perhaps this isn't a nail in the coffin, but a nail in the scaffold that will help the school see that a subject acceleration is needed.
With Bullying I would insist, both to the school and the child that he needs to me more than 10 feet away from these kids at all times.
The other thing I've seen work is to ask the teacher to suggest a 'transition' friend - a child bright enough to enjoy your child and socially skilled enough to get the other kids to stop teasing him. Plan some playdates with this potential friend. One would think that adults should be responsible for this sort of thing - but it often doesn't work. One would think that punishing the other kids would decrease this behavior - but often that doesn't work (for some kids - mine inclueded - even
negative attention is a little bit reinforcing. What really works is a school culture where the majority of kids actively refuse to act as 'audience' for unkind behavior.
But wouldn't it be easier for the school to keep him away from these unkind kids if your son were with an older agegroup?
Just sayn'
Wink,
Grinity
