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[quote=Anonymous]We have an almost 7 yr old daughter who is being bullied. Our daughter isn’t very adept at reading social cues and giving others space, which doesn’t help. (She’s not diagnosed as on the spectrum, but does go to OT, a behavioral therapist, and until recently a speech therapist. She saw a developmental ped every 6 months but now that’s annually.). Before it was things like people calling her a baby or saying they didn’t want to play with her, but she had two little girls she was good friends with. Let’s call them A and B. B is new at the school. A and B have also been experiencing some bullying. Yesterday A joined the bullies. She told my daughter that they can’t be friends anymore because my daughter isn’t popular. They took a stuffed animal, acted out cutting its throat, and said “that’s you” and pushed her against a wall. My daughter says she ran and locked herself in the bathroom stall. When the girls convinced her to come out they kicked her. At that point my daughter hit them and was worried she’d be in trouble for that. Somehow / at some point the teacher was aware of this and intervened. She initially didn’t tell us any of this, but  when it happened found her older sister who came home and told us about it. A friend of mine was volunteering on campus and saw my younger DD in tears with her teacher and texted me later to see if things were okay.

We’re not in the DMV anymore. We’re at a suburban school with decent resources and not a lot of problematic behavior. When our younger daughter needed an IEP for speech I was impressed with their assessments and support. We already had parent teacher conferences this coming week. I have reached out to the teacher to see if we could schedule more than our scheduled fifteen minutes or if we could meet an additional time. I want to let the principal know what my daughter reported but my husband doesn’t think the principal should be involved - or at least not until we’ve spoken to the teacher. Extreme steps we could take include requesting that she move to another first grade classroom (the other rooms are a kinder / first split and a first / 2nd split) or next year moving her to a different elementary school in our town. She still has A, has some girls she’s been friendly with in the past who I could encourage play dates with, and enjoys kids from older grades at after care. A friend in 2nd was very kind to her yesterday when this all happened. She told me she’s mad and sad but doesn’t seem overly upset (ie is her regular silly self today). Sorry too the very long post but I’d welcome thoughts on next steps. [/quote]

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