But he's thriving in school, and the biggest factor may be this: he's included in a classroom with kids who aren't learning disabled.
Too often, it seems, kids who are different -- kids with speech delays, kids on the autism spectrum, kids who have a range of sensory and/or behavioral challenges -- get shunted off into special education classes. And while that might be the right solution for some kids, it sure wasn't for my nephew, who started to come home from kindergarten imitiating the emotionally disturbed behaviors of some of his classmates, and was less and less responsive and engaged while at school. A mid-year change to a new school, in which he got help from an aid but within the setting of a regular classroom, made a world of difference.
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