So far, not too bad, teachers love DS8 and he is in a group that he clicks with. The home room teacher had them do numerical self-assessments of their strengths and weaknesses; his was very detailed, realistic, and well though out and the teacher agreed completely (check-> one key life skill looking good.)
However, he has had a marked decline in doing his own math at home. Which could be anything, from school working well, tired of waiting for algebra to start (should be next semester,) or who knows, in any case it is a bit disconcerting compared to his typical math moonlighting for the last few years.
A recent emotional meltdown with a floating teacher when she said she couldn't read his writing at all when he turned in an assignment has upped the stakes and may be moving us towards a 504 or at least some direct assistance.
