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[quote=Anonymous]I held back my March b-day SN kid. It has been one of the best things I have done for him. His issues are mostly related to language and having the extra year to work on those skills before digging in to academics really helped him. His (private) SLP and OT were in favor of holding him back, as was a psychologist we occasionally consulted with. He spent an extra year in a lovely play-based preschool that was, frankly, more developmentally appropriate for K aged kids than any local K classroom.

He is the oldest and the tallest kid now in 5th grade (he will turn 12 in March). Most kids don't notice or don't care. The only child who has ever mentioned being "held back" is the second oldest child who was also held back and apparently has some issues with it. I suspect it must be the way his family talks about it.

I will caution you that if you go the public school K route to "see how it goes", you may find it is virtually impossible to have him repeat, even if it's a disaster. Most places it's usually up to the principal, and they don't like to do it (money reasons I think).[/quote]

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