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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - thank you all, truly, so much for your thoughts. We met with the teacher this morning. She claims he is testing below his ability because of his tendency to rush and is trying to get ahead of that (as well as work with us on the behavior that is disrupting the rest of the class). She said he’s generally ok when she is teaching, but when they split off into independent work especially (vs group) he does things like get a tissue, go ask another kid if he’s playing soccer at recess, get a drink of water, etc.

She didn’t mention evaluation etc. She did say we need to get ahead of the behavior so he’s not hindered by it. She suggested we sit down with him and ask him what he does well in school and what he struggles with. She wants us to direct him to say “blurting” (talking out of turn, interrupting etc) and to focus on that with him initially - tell him we are working with her on it (he’s a people-pleaser) and[b] that we want to get the number of times he does it down (and that we are keeping track).[/b]

She also wanted to confirm he has chores / a schedule at home, which we confirmed he does. She also wants us to give him quiet, unstructured time at hone so he can just “turn off” a bit. I kind of feel like he’s on probation and we shall see what happens, but I’m hopeful. You have all been so kind- thank you![/quote]

OP - I'd try to flip this into a positive incentive system.

Rather than tracking how many times he blurts something out, track how many times he waits until being called on.

It's a subtle difference but using a positive approach will probably work better.

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