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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 305104" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Sammy made need a special classroom. Before you think, "Oh, how horrible!" it's not. My son had a diagnosis. of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and BECAUSE of the small classroom he got in school, he was able to learn the ropes that the other kids instinctively know. He had to be taught them though and needed a lot of one-one. I don't believe that any amount of keeping him out of school will change how Sammy behaves in class. He is "differently wired" like my son and needs more attention than other kids. I personally wouldn't worry about "friends" at his age. Kids on the autism spectrum are different and the other kids know, and they benefit greatly from hands on social skills training. My son first started having friends in middle school after years of being in special education for his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). He is doing great now, good grades and ready to get his driver's license. He is still different, but not in a bad way in my opinion. He can focus now. He couldn't when he was younger. </p><p>While some Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids can hang in regular classes, usually with aides, the other kids usually don't befriend them. I found that in Special Education my son found acceptance and got a lot of self-esteem. Handwriting is a big problem with many Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids. My son never learned how to write, but he has beautiful printing and can keyboard well. Sammy may need Occupational Therapist (OT) to help him learn to write and it may take a long time for him to get it down right.</p><p></p><p>If this were my kid, and I had the hindsight that I have now, I'd put him in an Early Education small classroom and a small kindergarten class in a public school. No teacher, no matter how good and caring, can focus on just one or two more difficult children with thirty kids in the class. Special Education teachers and their aides are taught how to teach these kids to make it in school and in life and they've done a GREAT job with my son. I'd be looking more at that than comparing him to "norms" for kindergarten. He obviously walks to the beat of his own drum and is not going to fit into norms and he needs educators who know how to reach him and to get the best out of him that they can. Sadly, not all Special Education teachers are great either. You have to look around. Sometimes we even need to send our kids to other school districts. We got our school district to do it at the expense of our school district, but they didn't have an appropriate class for my son in district. He is picked up and transported there and has been since fourth grade (he is now a sophomore in high school). He loves school and is a very happy and sweet teenager. I never would have dream it of him, but it happened and I hand most of his progress over to wonderful educators and the fact that hub and I insisted that son get into the class WE felt would help him, not what THEY felt would help him. It worked out! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Don't despair. Get proactive and start looking around at appropriate classes for Sammy for next year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 305104, member: 1550"] Sammy made need a special classroom. Before you think, "Oh, how horrible!" it's not. My son had a diagnosis. of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and BECAUSE of the small classroom he got in school, he was able to learn the ropes that the other kids instinctively know. He had to be taught them though and needed a lot of one-one. I don't believe that any amount of keeping him out of school will change how Sammy behaves in class. He is "differently wired" like my son and needs more attention than other kids. I personally wouldn't worry about "friends" at his age. Kids on the autism spectrum are different and the other kids know, and they benefit greatly from hands on social skills training. My son first started having friends in middle school after years of being in special education for his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). He is doing great now, good grades and ready to get his driver's license. He is still different, but not in a bad way in my opinion. He can focus now. He couldn't when he was younger. While some Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids can hang in regular classes, usually with aides, the other kids usually don't befriend them. I found that in Special Education my son found acceptance and got a lot of self-esteem. Handwriting is a big problem with many Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids. My son never learned how to write, but he has beautiful printing and can keyboard well. Sammy may need Occupational Therapist (OT) to help him learn to write and it may take a long time for him to get it down right. If this were my kid, and I had the hindsight that I have now, I'd put him in an Early Education small classroom and a small kindergarten class in a public school. No teacher, no matter how good and caring, can focus on just one or two more difficult children with thirty kids in the class. Special Education teachers and their aides are taught how to teach these kids to make it in school and in life and they've done a GREAT job with my son. I'd be looking more at that than comparing him to "norms" for kindergarten. He obviously walks to the beat of his own drum and is not going to fit into norms and he needs educators who know how to reach him and to get the best out of him that they can. Sadly, not all Special Education teachers are great either. You have to look around. Sometimes we even need to send our kids to other school districts. We got our school district to do it at the expense of our school district, but they didn't have an appropriate class for my son in district. He is picked up and transported there and has been since fourth grade (he is now a sophomore in high school). He loves school and is a very happy and sweet teenager. I never would have dream it of him, but it happened and I hand most of his progress over to wonderful educators and the fact that hub and I insisted that son get into the class WE felt would help him, not what THEY felt would help him. It worked out! :happy: Don't despair. Get proactive and start looking around at appropriate classes for Sammy for next year. [/QUOTE]
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