Thanks, Chris and Cricket, it's good to hear about children who've made it through this kind of issue. It may be that some social skills training for DS wouldn't go amiss; I'll see what's around. Btw, if you have any recommendations for books written *for children* (but not pre-readers :-) about social conventions, how to make friends etc, that might well be useful. I think this is sort of about DS's teacher, but it's not that she's not a good teacher; I'm sure she is, and in some many she is fantastic for DS specifically - even though he does have a touch of being afraid of her, or perhaps in awe of would be a better way of putting it, he nevertheless bounces in to say good morning, is keen to ask her things and show her stuff etc. It's just that they aren't quite on the same wavelength. If DS could learn to adjust his receiver a little, as it were, he has a lot to gain, and I'm hopeful he can.
