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[quote=Anonymous]Your child's profile and possibly  label will evolve over time.  I owuld not push him ahead.  A year of development is huge wrt social skills.  Your son is so advanced that moving up one grade will not change the fact that he is way ahead of classmates and possibly bored.  He is dealing with a lot right now.  I would push the school hard to handle any bullying, put him in a social skills group, and work on social skills at home.  One of the most imprtant things to work on is perspective taking so put that into your home vocabulary.  I have found Michelle Garcia Winner's Social Thinking books/approach to be helpful for my son with AS.  YOu can find them at socialthinking.com.  It can begin to approach the naivete that you are seeing too as it addresses reading other's feelings, thoughts, intentions, etc.  He is only in first grade.  Helping him with social skills is a years and years long project.  Sounds like he is truly gifted so seek ways that his gifts are nurtured and supported, seek teachers who are understanding and nurturing, and who are interested in having a unique learner in their classroom.  Sounds like a wonderful kid.  [/quote]

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