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Lord helpn me this Senior Project for difficult child is going to be the death of us
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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 384157" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>Our difficult child had to do a Senior Project as well, so I feel for you both !</p><p></p><p>I don't know how your difficult child's project works, but ours had to come up with a community project, research and write a paper, perform the project, document it, and present it to a panel of 8 judges! The student also had to find their own community mentor -wow that was the hardest part as difficult child hates to ask anyone to help him... When we first heard about it, we really thought there was no way it would happen - we were struggling over the regular school work for goodness sakes! difficult child had a 504 Plan, but the principal refused to let any student get a break on this. No project, no graduation... Both of my boys were boy scouts, and I can tell you that this Senior Project was much more involved than a Boy Scout Eagle Project.</p><p></p><p>It took us both a long time to come up with just a subject - but difficult child finally decided he wanted to tie his project to self advocacy for disabled individuals. I was thrilled, because I thought his work would help in his own life! He decided to help an advocacy group develop a web site - as this is right up his alley. Eventually things fell into place - but we had a real shocker the night of presentation - absolutely no parents were allowed inside the school! difficult child's evaluations by the judges were rather humorous in retrospect. They tried their best to give him a "good evaluation", but it was obvious that difficult child was his usual taciturn self. Somehow he made it through.</p><p></p><p>If I had it to do over, I think I would have backed off a good bit more and let difficult child take the lead. difficult child absolutely needed assistance finding a mentor , but once we found someone who agreed to take on the job, the relationship developed on its own. The mentor really took her job seriously, and she and difficult child still communicate. She has been instrumental in finding some paid computer jobs for him as well. Having the mentor really took some of the pressure off at home. Could you find someone who would be willing to help your difficult child? Maybe a former teacher that she liked? Our school had one teacher whose only job was to coordinate the Senior Projects, and he helped to develop some community mentors. Is it possible you have someone like that at your school? </p><p></p><p>I think that you both will be much happier if you don't have to be very involved in the project. I would definitely call upon the school for assistance. Believe me, your difficult child is not the only Senior struggling with this task. I know it seems impossible right now, but all 250 students in difficult child's Senior class finished a Senior Project - even the most disabled students...</p><p></p><p>Valerie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 384157, member: 3704"] Our difficult child had to do a Senior Project as well, so I feel for you both ! I don't know how your difficult child's project works, but ours had to come up with a community project, research and write a paper, perform the project, document it, and present it to a panel of 8 judges! The student also had to find their own community mentor -wow that was the hardest part as difficult child hates to ask anyone to help him... When we first heard about it, we really thought there was no way it would happen - we were struggling over the regular school work for goodness sakes! difficult child had a 504 Plan, but the principal refused to let any student get a break on this. No project, no graduation... Both of my boys were boy scouts, and I can tell you that this Senior Project was much more involved than a Boy Scout Eagle Project. It took us both a long time to come up with just a subject - but difficult child finally decided he wanted to tie his project to self advocacy for disabled individuals. I was thrilled, because I thought his work would help in his own life! He decided to help an advocacy group develop a web site - as this is right up his alley. Eventually things fell into place - but we had a real shocker the night of presentation - absolutely no parents were allowed inside the school! difficult child's evaluations by the judges were rather humorous in retrospect. They tried their best to give him a "good evaluation", but it was obvious that difficult child was his usual taciturn self. Somehow he made it through. If I had it to do over, I think I would have backed off a good bit more and let difficult child take the lead. difficult child absolutely needed assistance finding a mentor , but once we found someone who agreed to take on the job, the relationship developed on its own. The mentor really took her job seriously, and she and difficult child still communicate. She has been instrumental in finding some paid computer jobs for him as well. Having the mentor really took some of the pressure off at home. Could you find someone who would be willing to help your difficult child? Maybe a former teacher that she liked? Our school had one teacher whose only job was to coordinate the Senior Projects, and he helped to develop some community mentors. Is it possible you have someone like that at your school? I think that you both will be much happier if you don't have to be very involved in the project. I would definitely call upon the school for assistance. Believe me, your difficult child is not the only Senior struggling with this task. I know it seems impossible right now, but all 250 students in difficult child's Senior class finished a Senior Project - even the most disabled students... Valerie [/QUOTE]
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