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[quote=Anonymous]I agree you should check in with the parents.

There are two possibilities here.  One is, the parents are aware he has an issue (or perhaps a diagnosis) but they do not feel the need to share that diagnosis every time their child does an activity outside of school.  Parents with children who have special needs have to weigh carefully whether to share this type of information – will it bias people's opinions before their child has a chance to prove themselves?  Will it affect this particular type of activity?  Clearly, from what you say, it is impacting this child'a abilities within the group setting, but they may not necessarily be on to that yet and it is your job to communicate to them what they may not be seeing.

Secondly, I have seen children at the school where my husband teaches who are profoundly impaired – whether it be on the spectrum or something else (often the parent can be seen to have traits of it as well) – and these parents have decided to do nothing either out of fear of outing themselves or not seeing anything "wrong" with it.  I have seen these kids struggle, and the parents still deny their child has a problem.  It is not super-common, but it happens, so you should be prepared for that as well.[/quote]

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