Hi Sandy, I feel for you and Nathan! I have been there already with Devon, not your exact situation but the ending feelings are the same. Devon, now 6 and in kindergarten, has had a few bulling episodes in school this year. It really makes me mad that one bully kid can cause so much pain for the child and the parent. Kids can be SO mean! With that being said, I would strongly encourage you to talk with the school councilor and possibly the school nurse .. Diversity. One can never teach kids young enough. I am doing presentations at our school for the elementary, teaching diversity. The ones that I have done and that kids respond well to are give each child a lemon, tell them to "get to know there lemons", give them a few minutes to play with them. Have the kids put all the lemons in a basket, then ask the kids to get their lemon...they usually all know which is which, then ask them how they knew it was their lemon...they usually respond "mine was the big one", "mine was the small one", "mine had dents" etc...that brings up the subject that people are like lemons, all different, then you can go into detail. Then have all the kids put there lemons back into the basket. You then peel the lemons, place them back into the basket and ask the kids to pick their lemons out, they usually all reply "but they are all the same" or something similar, then you talk about how again lemons are like people, we all want to be loved and accepted etc etc. Another one that I found worked very well with slightly older kids was....give them all pencil and paper, ask them to place their dominate hand on there laps, and write with the other hand. Give them simple tasks to write with there "other" hand, give them about 3-5 seconds between tasks (draw a triangle, write their name, draw a box etc etc ) after about five "tasks" tell the kids to put there pencils down, you will see many frustrated because they could not "keep up" or it was not "perfect" etc this leading to how this is how kids/adults with learning disabilities feel trying to accomplish most tasks...the kids usually "get" that and learn to have a little more patience and acceptance for people who are "different".This has been my plan of attack.

 Another thing is to talk with Nathan about it, see what he says...what we think he might be feeling (how we would feel) and how is feeling might be different. Maybe the school could make a "safe" place for Nathan when he is feeling like that, that way he could "run" to a place in the school, another might be an adult who could help Nathan when he gets teased, right away. Just my 2 cents, hope it helps and keep me updated on what happens!

Big hugs and loves to you & Nathan!

April

 

 

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