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[quote=Anonymous]DS was retained last year - went into K instead of 1st, per the recommendation of his preschool teacher and developmental pediatrician.
The teacher called it "social immaturity" and the ped called it "significant receptive-expressive language disorder, with ADHD-NOS".

I pushed the principal last year to retain DS. Eventually I prevailed, but she told me she would not skip him ahead at a later time.

Well, now I am seriously conflicted:

DS has been ostracized at recess for his misunderstanding of group rules, he has been bullied because he is so naive, he has received speech therapy all year, he has had accomodations in class for his inattention. I do not know if his social skills and general quirkiness will ever improve. I was afraid placing him in his real age group would make socialization even more difficult with more demanding and critical peers.

But this summer he read the first 2 Harry Potter books, all the Calvin & Hobbes, nearly all the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. He is mastering three-digit substractions with borrowing and was intrigued by multiplication but didn't learn the tables. Now I'm afraid he might get bored in class, something I never imagined last year!

If this was your child, what would you do?

PS - I don't have money right now for private school :-)
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