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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what did you end up doing?[/quote]

So it was kind of interesting to talk to DD about this: first I said could she firmly ask the boy to stop (since ignoring didn't seem to be working) and she said she couldn't do that because they weren't allowed to talk to the fourth graders. Then I said to tell an aide...she replied something to the effect that the aide would not take her seriously and the aides don't like to be bothered with stuff like that (that is her perception, not necessarily the "truth").

In the end though the boy seems to have found other things to do because she now insists it isn't a problem. I think she would tell me if it were. One thing I think was contributing to the problems...which I was reluctant to mention because I don't want to stereotype...but one of her friends has a brother in fourth grade who bugs them sometimes (and of course being siblings the first grade sister may antagonize him)...I think this is a friend of the brother. The brother has autism and I think this boy might too (if it's who I think it is he does have autism...I'm just not totally sure it is the boy I'm thinking of, which is why I said "might"). The brother is nice but sometimes not developmentally typical for his age...and therefore can sometimes engage with younger kids in a way that makes them uncomfortable...I think maybe this could be contributing to the boy that was bothering DD. But at least according to her it is fine now.

I still don't love putting kids of such different developmental levels in recess together...but not enough to complain about it.[/quote]

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