Thanks all. Don't get me wrong, it's a lovely group and I think ALL children could benefits from social skills training etc., and DS likes it (they play games a lot) and it gives him a "break" so that has been the reason we have allowed it to continue but we have always been skeptical that DS needs it. He has an anxiety dx so that's how ended up in it because they do deal here and there with the topic of anxiety but mostly it's about taking turns, sharing, etc. (things with which my DS has never had a problem). And it is a pull-out. Now with the pull-outs ramping up due to gifted pull-out, additional OT pull-out, and math pull-OT I am concerned about it continuing (like I said). Also, his grade in science is the one the grade that keeps going down and that is when the pull-out occurs (although DS says this year teacher just is a boring science teacher and that's the reason his grade has gone down not due to the pull-out ). He had an "A" last year in science and this year it has dropped every marking period to a B (basic! that is a 3 grade drop! A, PH, P, PL and then B) And, like I said, as they get older I am concerned about stigma and he being the only one of his friends that needs the class...
Oh and he has no social skills goals at all ...It just says in the iep that he is to participate in it.
