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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. The answers got a bit off track there for a bit, but I thank those that addressed my initial query. My dilema is I have a child who I think needs much more work on his social skills than academic at this point. He's not on the spectrum or anything, but he can have trouble relating to kids that aren't just like him (quiet but with know-it-all-tendencies). If he's going to succeed in middle school, high school and life in general, this needs to change. [/quote]

This was also our concern for our child when she was younger.  She just didn't relate to her peers at all and teachers also treated her differently (given different work or assigned to help others) which I think set her a part in the other kid's eyes as well.  We chose to accept the AAP offer more in hopes of finding a better social fit than anything else.  It worked for her.  She slowly came out of her shell in third and forth grade.  We also encouraged lots of sports and activities outside of school that allowed her to interact with other kids where academics didn't figure in. By middle school, she was a social butterfly with friends in AAP and outside of it. [/quote]

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