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Post by my3texans on Sept 7, 2005 16:28:49 GMT -5
I have a problem & could use some ideas. My 9 yr old ADDer is not turning in his in class work. He has been turning in about half of the work to be done in class. Some of it comes home saying he didn't do it, or didn't finish it. This is counting against his grade. I do receive the unfinished papers each week, however some are just pieces of notebook paper where he was supposed to write the words & didn't. Others are an actual worksheet - usually math worksheets. Should I have him do the worksheets at home, even though he won't get credit for them? Does anyone have any ideas on how to get him to do the work & turn it in? I can't exactly sit next to him at school (I wish, somedays) I have sent a letter to the school for an evaluation, & am waiting on them. Should I request to talk with the teacher? Interiem reports come out next Thursday (15th), the earliest I could see her will be the 16th. Bright spot -- he did turn in ALL of his homework this past week. You guys/gals have really great ideas, so could you give me a few? I'm stumped on this. We don't watch TV except for AM weather(they walk to the bus) & on weekends. Otherwise, we do homework, read, play, or go to church.
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Post by Shandawn on Sept 7, 2005 20:25:50 GMT -5
My DD had the SAME problem last year. Finally the teacher & I talked & heres what we did. The teacher sent home the work that was never handed in & I made her redo it even if she would not get credit for it! She soon realized that not handing in her work was making even MORE homework for her & slowly but surely we began to see less & less unfinished or missing work reports.
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Post by ohmama on Sept 7, 2005 23:03:09 GMT -5
This sounds like one of my boys. Last year he didn't turn in much of anything. I found out that he just didn't understand the work. He would space out the instruction part and just didn't know what to do. With this child, he needed to have the teacher go over the instructions with him personally or he was lost. He just couldn't follow when the whole class was told how to do it.
Once the teacher understood his problem (typical adhd minus the h), she had him bring home the assignments when it was not possible for her to give him individual time and I would sit with him and explain how to do it. Once he understood what to do he gained confidence and found it wasn't so hard after all. I found out how smart he really was and now that work (math) is his favorite subject. It was just a matter of communication with him. He would shut off and not listen because of distractions in the classroom and just not "getting it".
Sometimes when a child says "I'm not going to do it", or just doesn't do it, it's their way of saving face because they really don't know how to do it.
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