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How do you deal with a child who doesn't "Buy In" to the whole education process?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 394224" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Just by his description and the variety of diagnoses he has, have you ever considered he may have Asperger's Syndrome? Speech issues and video game addiction are big red flags. Can he socialize appropriately with his same age peers? Does he seem immature socially?</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking that maybe his brain is just wired differently so that he doesn't see the point in school. Maybe he doesn't feel he can do well in school, even though you feel he can. I would actually take him for neuropsychologist testing, if he will cooperate and do it, to see if there is anything that you have missed...that way you can better prepare him realistically for his future...one that he can succeed in. I think it's unrealistic to think he will snap out of it overnight and care about school. I think (in my opinion) he needs a lot of help in understanding that he does need to plan for a future, whatever that is. Guessing that you'll find out his biggest issue is that he doesn't believe he can succeed in conventional school...and he could be correct. But you need to find out what is really wrong with him. He seems to have a cluster of diagnoses that to me do not tell the whole big picture.</p><p>Good luck, whatever you decide to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 394224, member: 1550"] Just by his description and the variety of diagnoses he has, have you ever considered he may have Asperger's Syndrome? Speech issues and video game addiction are big red flags. Can he socialize appropriately with his same age peers? Does he seem immature socially? I'm thinking that maybe his brain is just wired differently so that he doesn't see the point in school. Maybe he doesn't feel he can do well in school, even though you feel he can. I would actually take him for neuropsychologist testing, if he will cooperate and do it, to see if there is anything that you have missed...that way you can better prepare him realistically for his future...one that he can succeed in. I think it's unrealistic to think he will snap out of it overnight and care about school. I think (in my opinion) he needs a lot of help in understanding that he does need to plan for a future, whatever that is. Guessing that you'll find out his biggest issue is that he doesn't believe he can succeed in conventional school...and he could be correct. But you need to find out what is really wrong with him. He seems to have a cluster of diagnoses that to me do not tell the whole big picture. Good luck, whatever you decide to do. [/QUOTE]
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