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[quote=Anonymous]I have a younger boy by a year, but he sounds VERY similar to your boy (down to the birth year). We dealt with behavioral issues/hitting earlier in PK.  The issue was the school setting: too rigid, age inappropriate expectations, and they had no positive discipline techniques.  We were able to deal with it by moving him to a different environment. Unfortunately for you (and me next year) that's not so easy once you're in K.

I would not bother with OT etc, since the obvious issues here seem to be the fit between your boy's personality, and the demands of the school and aftercare environment.

I would focus on two things.  One, if at all possible, get him with an after school babysitter rather than aftercare.  He's an introvert it sound like, and a babysitter will reduce his stress and he can get away from  having to be around so many other kids in a non-homey environment.

Two, send in a child psychologist (or other professional) to observe him at school, then help put together a behavioral plan for the school to help him learn positive behaviors to deal with frustration.  You may think that this is the sort of thing the school should do right away on their own, but they won't.  I know, it's weird.  But schools would rather ignore this until they can't, and then they will make it your problem rather than theirs.  So, cut it off at the chase and find your own professional to analyze what's happening in the classroom.  [/quote]

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