Reminds me of a student i had who was a selective mute. It was really a nebach. I won’t go into details on how he was in class-but it was pretty bad. In short, he didn’t write a thing(e/t he was able to), didn’t do his homework…Anyway the Rebbi and the main teacher were so amazing. They showered him with encouragement, attention, humor….and the students caught on too, they would also encourage him -“c’mon you can do it!”…by the end of the year he wrote beautifully, did his hmwk, did school projects, by recess his desk was crowded by classmates, and he was the kid e/o wrote down to be in his class for next year. His popularity shot up. No he doesn’t talk (and believe me we tried) but this kid won’t be a nobody all because of his caring mentors.
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