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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have any good advice but I do have a lot of sympathy.  We pulled my older DS from the Spanish immersion program in 1st when we learned of his ADHD/LD.  My NT DD remains in it but we didn't even consider it for our younger DS who has ADHD/LD/apraxia and a language/communication disorder.  This year, our school introduced FLES (Spanish) and we weren't able to opt out of it for either boy.  What's ironic is that our youngest is classified as Limited English Proficient because his scores on the English proficiency test are so low.  It's a long story but my DH's family is South American and I indicated on the home survey form that Spanish is also spoken in our home.  It is but we communicate with the kids in English and all the TVs/movies they watch are in English, we read to them in English and all their playmates speak English (even the ones from El Salvador).  Yet, for my younger DS who isn't proficient in any language - even his native English - I could opt out of the ESL services but I couldn't opt out of FLES.  At least the FLES teacher is enthusiastic and fun.  The boys don't mind the class.  Your DS's teacher must not be great if he's complaining.  Believe me, if it wasn't fun or if it were hard, my DSs would be proclaiming their dislike of it to the high heavens.  And, she's never commented on their inattentiveness or lack of participation (my youngest refused to participate for a while).  You have my sympathy.

(BTW - I wouldn't read to much into the 'si' for 'is' thing.  This is still a common mistake in first grade.)[/quote]

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