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<blockquote data-quote="aeroeng" data-source="post: 268039" data-attributes="member: 6557"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Your difficult child has a learning disability. You should ask the public school to test for one. Public schools are required to accommodate this. Private schools are not required, but sometimes do any way. I am having the same problem with my easy child. (easy child is a easy child because despite the fact that he is failing every subject, he is calm, friendly, easy to get a long with and has a very mature behavior attitude.) He received 4 F and 1 D out of 6 classes on his 3 quarter report card. Signs are bad for the 4th quarter. He can only take over 3 classes in the summer. If he fails more he will be out of his school. Thus I am looking around. This is not because he is lazy or dumb. His is extremely smart, and hard working. He struggles getting everything together, remembering his homework (or remembering to hand it in). Stuff like that. He was identified with a learning disability in elementary school. The middle school told me he grew out of it. (Believe that I've got a bride for sale).</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We are on the waiting list for a private school that has a learning center. The center works with the kids. Each one has a "class" where they meet with the learning center director or assistant. They go over their organization, study skills and such. This includes asking the question, "Do you have everything you need for your homework?" "What is your homework?" (and they work with the teachers so they can get it when they don't know!). They also address what other issues the student might have because of the learning disability and manage accommodations. Our only problem is that they are full for next year and all we get is a spot on the waiting list. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Public schools are required by law to provide the same kind of support. Some are better then others and many school districts are better. If my easy child fails his classes this year and an opening in the school with the learning center does not open, then we will probably have him live with a friend because that county' does a better job. I will not send him to a local public school. Too much gang activity, and he is always a target. (6 foot 4, pacifist that does not fight back, geeky and weak on social skills). Sometimes you have to do what you have to do.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">I would recommend:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">- If not already done - have him tested for learning disabilities.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">- Find a school that adequately addresses them. (Written like this is an easy thing to do)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">- The international dyslexic association's website is a good resource even when the learning disability is not related to reading. (<a href="http://www.interdys.org/" target="_blank">http://www.interdys.org/</a>)</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Good luck!</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aeroeng, post: 268039, member: 6557"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Your difficult child has a learning disability. You should ask the public school to test for one. Public schools are required to accommodate this. Private schools are not required, but sometimes do any way. I am having the same problem with my easy child. (easy child is a easy child because despite the fact that he is failing every subject, he is calm, friendly, easy to get a long with and has a very mature behavior attitude.) He received 4 F and 1 D out of 6 classes on his 3 quarter report card. Signs are bad for the 4th quarter. He can only take over 3 classes in the summer. If he fails more he will be out of his school. Thus I am looking around. This is not because he is lazy or dumb. His is extremely smart, and hard working. He struggles getting everything together, remembering his homework (or remembering to hand it in). Stuff like that. He was identified with a learning disability in elementary school. The middle school told me he grew out of it. (Believe that I've got a bride for sale).[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]We are on the waiting list for a private school that has a learning center. The center works with the kids. Each one has a "class" where they meet with the learning center director or assistant. They go over their organization, study skills and such. This includes asking the question, "Do you have everything you need for your homework?" "What is your homework?" (and they work with the teachers so they can get it when they don't know!). They also address what other issues the student might have because of the learning disability and manage accommodations. Our only problem is that they are full for next year and all we get is a spot on the waiting list. [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Public schools are required by law to provide the same kind of support. Some are better then others and many school districts are better. If my easy child fails his classes this year and an opening in the school with the learning center does not open, then we will probably have him live with a friend because that county' does a better job. I will not send him to a local public school. Too much gang activity, and he is always a target. (6 foot 4, pacifist that does not fight back, geeky and weak on social skills). Sometimes you have to do what you have to do.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]I would recommend:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]- If not already done - have him tested for learning disabilities.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]- Find a school that adequately addresses them. (Written like this is an easy thing to do)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]- The international dyslexic association's website is a good resource even when the learning disability is not related to reading. ([URL]http://www.interdys.org/[/URL])[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Good luck![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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