DDD: Motivation is a beautiful thing 
And yeah, we would be so screwed, if difficult child didn't have that motivation. Of course I could hope he would had had other passion to give him motivation if he didn't have his sport, but... Yeah, not likely. We got really lucky in that.
I'm rather proud momma over hard work he has done. And made sure to gush over the matter when we had a short private moment after the meeting before we had to head home.
While many of the biggies are left, some of these smaller things can make a big difference on his everyday life. Not always being the one in trouble but being better able to keep up and fit in would mean a lot for his quality of life. And making friends skills of course are a biggie. Huge quality of life matter.
