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[quote=Anonymous]My 5 yr old child is terribly shy, will turn 6 as soon as school starts in Fall and has anxiety issues. DC can understand everything but is very very quiet in a class setting (always hesitant and shy in class but very vocal at home). IEP goals are addressing the social skills aspect - just 3 goals saying DC has to use voice loud, needs facilitation to interact and needs extended time.

A gist of DC's recent issues:
- DC always hesitates to initiate anything. Someone else has to approach DC first and pull in DC to whatever it is they are doing
- DC is very sensitive to criticism - If I say, can we do it this way, starts sulking and wants to drop whatever activity and go home
- DC doesn't like to join group activities like dancing - keeps saying friends will laugh and says DC doesn't know the right steps - I say there is no right or wrong way in dancing, be yourself, but doesn't listen. Pre-K teacher says maybe a kid may have made fun during the dance sessions and that turned DC off completely 
-DC takes way too long to eat and can never finish a meal quickly.
-DC doesn't report to teacher when another child makes DC cry. Reaction is for teacher to always come to DC and find out what happened.
-Still sucks thumb

DC can follows routines very well, but can easily be bullied by other kids even though DC is oldest in class. Cries a lot and gets upset for little things.

DC already has an IEP for speech and social skills. Our next IEP meeting is coming up soon and they feel that DC has mastered speech goals so no more speech services in K, but needs social skills. Is there anything else we can add to the 3 goals they have come up with?[/quote]

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