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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach kindergarten in a public elementary school and what you describe isn’t anything that would raise red flags unless the teacher hasn’t told you everything. Have you had an in-person meeting go get more details? It takes a very, very, very long time to get any student tested unless the behaviors are so outside the norm. [/quote]

I was going to say this, but from the parent perspective. My kid had VERY similar struggles in K, especially around emotional regulation and figuring out how to deal with frustration. It was a tough year but we worked on it at home and within about 6 months it had gotten better.

Is your kid young for the grade, by chance? Mine was and I think this was part of it. The difference between 5 years and 1 month and 5 years 11 months can actually be substantial. Especially since all these kids were in preschool a year prior, where a lot less was asked of them. I think the younger kids can have a tougher transition.

But my experience is that this gap narrows to nothing within a year or two, and that if your kid does not have SNs (which mine, it turns out, does not) they develop greater emotional regulation with time and practice and these issues resolve or at least greatly lessen.

Either there's more to what's happening or, as others have noted, it's a private school trying to counsel you out so they can cherry pick their class a bit more.[/quote]

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