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<blockquote data-quote="OTE" data-source="post: 9944"><p>My Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kid was held back to do "5th grade" again this yr. So I'm facing the middle school transition next yr and dreading it. </p><p></p><p>Mine is now in what might be called a social skills or social development class for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids. There is no national std as to what such a class should be. Nor have I ever heard it offered to kids who are not Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Social skill problems are part of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). With your child's diagnosis on your signature social skill problems would not be typical. Not that it isn't frequent with ODD kids, just that the "treatment" would be to improve the diagnosis via medicine and psychotherapy. My ODD kid has been in a lot of placements and he's never been in a social skills class. They have group recreation time, talk during activities, all of which is supervised and they're certainly working on social skills during that time but...I'm guessing that your child is in a self-contained BED class. So why social skills? And if you don't have a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) diagnosis, why is school suggesting social skills class?</p><p></p><p>My Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kid is in a social skills class with, I think, 2 other Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids who are mainstreamed and 3 "normal" kids the same age. I believe there is only one adult in the room and that is the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) "specialist" for the SD. They call it a club to make it look less Special Education. At the beginning they practice meeting someone. So they walk up to someone (acceptable distance), shake hands, say what is your name, wait for answer, repeat name and say nice to meet you name, etc. As they move on they practice various kinds of interactions with peers and adults. So it's structured interactions with scripts that they practice. Yes, very rote. But with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids these are things that they have to learn as intellectual exercises. Things like distance when standing next to someone do not come naturally. They play games to practice turn taking, saying appropriate things when someone loses, etc. That is very different from an ODD kid who naturally knows what to do but refuses to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OTE, post: 9944"] My Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kid was held back to do "5th grade" again this yr. So I'm facing the middle school transition next yr and dreading it. Mine is now in what might be called a social skills or social development class for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids. There is no national std as to what such a class should be. Nor have I ever heard it offered to kids who are not Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Social skill problems are part of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). With your child's diagnosis on your signature social skill problems would not be typical. Not that it isn't frequent with ODD kids, just that the "treatment" would be to improve the diagnosis via medicine and psychotherapy. My ODD kid has been in a lot of placements and he's never been in a social skills class. They have group recreation time, talk during activities, all of which is supervised and they're certainly working on social skills during that time but...I'm guessing that your child is in a self-contained BED class. So why social skills? And if you don't have a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) diagnosis, why is school suggesting social skills class? My Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kid is in a social skills class with, I think, 2 other Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids who are mainstreamed and 3 "normal" kids the same age. I believe there is only one adult in the room and that is the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) "specialist" for the SD. They call it a club to make it look less Special Education. At the beginning they practice meeting someone. So they walk up to someone (acceptable distance), shake hands, say what is your name, wait for answer, repeat name and say nice to meet you name, etc. As they move on they practice various kinds of interactions with peers and adults. So it's structured interactions with scripts that they practice. Yes, very rote. But with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids these are things that they have to learn as intellectual exercises. Things like distance when standing next to someone do not come naturally. They play games to practice turn taking, saying appropriate things when someone loses, etc. That is very different from an ODD kid who naturally knows what to do but refuses to do it. [/QUOTE]
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