Thanks so much!
Chana I think that's great advice - I will start with providing extension work and see if we can work up to a grade skip.
LAF, the schools here sometimes have 'class moms' who help out with decorative stuff or props for concerts... we don't get to volunteer unfortunately
I'm glad there's hope for us, I just wish the schools here did group by ability... as far as I can tell there is no grouping at all, DS hasn't found anyone at a similar level in class to connect with. The psychologist explained that he is actually doing pretty well socially but what he is doing is interacting (which is a good skill to learn) but connecting with kids at the same level is also important and he's not able to do that currently at school.
It just seems so hard for him, and he really doesn't like school at all.
He came out of the iq assessment asking 'do you know what's wrong with me now?' - we have never said or done anything that would send a message like that, but I guess he had to come up with a reason for why he keeps seeing and OT and why he had the assessment, so I think in his case we may need to explain what the results mean...
Thanks again!
