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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a preK teacher recommend the same for my 4yo DS, much to my surprise.  By the time we were able to even get an appt, he had already started K and was doing great. Had no problems in K-or in any other grade- and is now in 7th grade. Good student, never had any behavioral issues or social issues at all, lots of friends. I’m sure the teacher meant well but she was obviously mistaken. Just throwing that out there. It does happen.

Has anyone else ever mentioned issues of concern? PreK teacher, childcare provider, activities teacher etc? Do you find his behavior concerning compared to other kids?

It can’t hurt anything to get an assessment but I personally would not be alarmed- and would be a bit skeptical- based on what you have said. [/quote]

OP here again (I just realized I need to say that because we don't have usernames on this forum).  First 2 years of preschool, nobody ever mentioned any issue.  For pre-K last year (same school as current school), we heard maybe 3-4 times over the course of the entire year that he had a rough day.  But as far as we knew, that was well within the realm of reasonable for pre-K.  All of his written progress reports were fine.  No concerns were expressed to us about kindergarten readiness.

He goes to camps every summer for 8-10 weeks, many of which are at other local private schools run by the teachers of those schools, and we've never had a negative report from a camp.  Or sports teams.  Or any other group activities.

From what I have personally seen (which is a pretty decent amount at playgrounds, sports, play dates, etc, although I've never spent significant time observing him specifically at school), I've never thought his behavior was beyond the range of normal kid behavior.  If anything I've sometimes seen other kids have significant tantrums of a type that he's never had, and I've thought "I'm thankful I don't have to deal with that!"  Probably 5 or 6 times in the last 5-6 months when he's had a disproportional crying episode I've thought, "is this normal?"  But as people here have indicated, I don't think a crying episode for a 6 year old is completely rare and unheard of.  Sounds kind of like it's within the realm of normal for many 6 year olds.  ANd we've certainly seen other 6 years old have them.

But we do value the input of the school, and I agree completely with the folks who have commented that teachers and administrators there are much more familiar with normal kid behavior than I am, so I should take their recommendation seriously.  And I am indeed taking it seriously.

I continue to welcome any thoughts and input.  It sounds like it's basically a split though.  Some folks are convinced its unnecessary.  Others think it's a good idea.

As of now I'm planning to go ahead and get him on a calendar for a neuropsych assessment, but see if I can find an OT to help him out.  And if we see significant improvement between now and the neuropsych exam (which will probably be at least 6 months away), maybe we will cancel the neuropsych if the school agrees that he's improved enough to no longer warrant it.

And yes, we are certainly aware of the possibility that the school is trying to get rid of us, but at the present time we don't believe that to be the case for a variety of reasons.  But we could be wrong.

Thanks to all of the input and keep it coming if anybody has anything to add![/quote]

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