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<blockquote data-quote="Tiapet" data-source="post: 585575" data-attributes="member: 455"><p>Interesting IC. He had Occupational Therapist (OT) testing years ago in school as part of a battery of tests as well as testing outside of the school system (other kinds of tests but was through psychiatrist) and they couldn't identify anything other then "an unusual way he held his pencil that it was unreproducible, meaning they could not show us literally how he did it but that he made his hand fatigued very quickly. The only thing they offered us was to have him use pencil grippers. Yeah, no that NEVER helped him at all and so anytime he had to write for any length of time forget it. If he THOUGHT he had to he just out right refused to write it period. The other issue is that when we moved back in 2006 from one state that stressed math and reading down to another state which didn't really focus on them but VERY much intensively on WRITING he was suddenly at a HUGE deficit since he was behind every other child by 4 years of intensive information trained into their heads from school on the mechanics of how to write (like paragraphs, etc). He could never catch up and always failed at it. I fought that school for help but at the time I was also fighting them to get a 504 and eventually an IEP for 2 years. Still, in the end no help. Fast forward to now, 6 years later, he's had NO help with writing at all and I told the school it's a weakness. They tell me he can write just fine and showed me writing pieces (examples) of his that he's done. Yes when one on one put to heavy task he ends up having to do it but they did not realize the heavy burden it places on him to think about it. So anytime he is put to task to write an essay or any project/task that requires writing, he will shut down and most likely not do it. Vocabulary, that too is an issue not only in language arts but other subjects that specifically have an assignment that requires vocabulary work he struggles with. If you ask him to spell out words he mostly can do it fine but don't ask him to put it to paper. He fails at it.</p><p></p><p>They just see him as this smart kid who is trying to avoid "doing his work" when I know he really is NOT trying to do so but does have struggles but I literally am also struggling to put the pieces together on why on certain things other then "how" it's being taught to him and "how" the teachers are handling him when they speak to him. It' not easy reaching him, very few can but if he puts up that wall and it may look a lot like ODD you can ramp him up and since he's been through this for years, now he's acting out (which he can't afford). He's not being nice about it. He's tired of "not being listened to or heard". He's NOT dumb!</p><p></p><p>I'm wondering if I should just not ask them to do a full evaluation on him all over again because his last one was so many years ago but I just don't trust them doing so and to find the "truth". Know what I mean?? And of course we have a timing issue now since end of school year is so close! I need him to get through this year as keeping him back would be an absolute mistake. he knows the material and his state scores prove it, he's higher the most over all in the state!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiapet, post: 585575, member: 455"] Interesting IC. He had Occupational Therapist (OT) testing years ago in school as part of a battery of tests as well as testing outside of the school system (other kinds of tests but was through psychiatrist) and they couldn't identify anything other then "an unusual way he held his pencil that it was unreproducible, meaning they could not show us literally how he did it but that he made his hand fatigued very quickly. The only thing they offered us was to have him use pencil grippers. Yeah, no that NEVER helped him at all and so anytime he had to write for any length of time forget it. If he THOUGHT he had to he just out right refused to write it period. The other issue is that when we moved back in 2006 from one state that stressed math and reading down to another state which didn't really focus on them but VERY much intensively on WRITING he was suddenly at a HUGE deficit since he was behind every other child by 4 years of intensive information trained into their heads from school on the mechanics of how to write (like paragraphs, etc). He could never catch up and always failed at it. I fought that school for help but at the time I was also fighting them to get a 504 and eventually an IEP for 2 years. Still, in the end no help. Fast forward to now, 6 years later, he's had NO help with writing at all and I told the school it's a weakness. They tell me he can write just fine and showed me writing pieces (examples) of his that he's done. Yes when one on one put to heavy task he ends up having to do it but they did not realize the heavy burden it places on him to think about it. So anytime he is put to task to write an essay or any project/task that requires writing, he will shut down and most likely not do it. Vocabulary, that too is an issue not only in language arts but other subjects that specifically have an assignment that requires vocabulary work he struggles with. If you ask him to spell out words he mostly can do it fine but don't ask him to put it to paper. He fails at it. They just see him as this smart kid who is trying to avoid "doing his work" when I know he really is NOT trying to do so but does have struggles but I literally am also struggling to put the pieces together on why on certain things other then "how" it's being taught to him and "how" the teachers are handling him when they speak to him. It' not easy reaching him, very few can but if he puts up that wall and it may look a lot like ODD you can ramp him up and since he's been through this for years, now he's acting out (which he can't afford). He's not being nice about it. He's tired of "not being listened to or heard". He's NOT dumb! I'm wondering if I should just not ask them to do a full evaluation on him all over again because his last one was so many years ago but I just don't trust them doing so and to find the "truth". Know what I mean?? And of course we have a timing issue now since end of school year is so close! I need him to get through this year as keeping him back would be an absolute mistake. he knows the material and his state scores prove it, he's higher the most over all in the state! [/QUOTE]
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