The aide does not sit by him. He's in the room, generally not super close to my son, and helps/corrects behavior of other kids. The kids don't know that he's there for my son.
BUT, on the playground, he has to be near my son to intervene if needed (which saved my kid this morning, two kids picked on my son and then tried to blame it on him but the aide saw it all and could vouch my kid wasn't the problem) and he has to walk him to the bathroom (being appropriate in bathrooms has been a struggle since day 1).
We have tried to make it as non-invasive as possible. I just don't know what more to do. I have been using the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) technique (from the explosive child book) and it has helped with exploding behavior. Son is MUCH easier to approach and deal with. That's good. We're not getting as many outbursts - but the behavior is just still there and not improving.
