Diana -
Self- advocacy since third grade? Wow ((applause)) That is so excellent. My DS10 is also blessed with a loud, confident speaking style. Add that to an unbelievable vocabluary, and it was pretty rough going for a while. At age 10, in 6th Grade, is sticks out far less than at age 7. What a relief! I've read somewhere that when a child tries to self-advocate before age 11, it often is "taken the wrong way." I think this has a lot to do with people preconceptions about what young children are like.
I'm very curious to see what you can do with the "I can problem solve" books. Please report back all the detail with how you modified them for you DS and how he responded.
