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difficult child just got kicked out of school permanently
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 379033" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>In regard to holding difficult child to higher academic standards, he was on academic probation. The main problems have not been with-his academics, per se, they have been with-organization issues (executive functioning or lack thereof), not turning things in, or turning in things in incorrectly (for ex., "skip a space" to me means when you write a paper, write on every other line of college ruled paper. To him it meant an extra space between paragraphs only. This is such an easy thing to fix but with-this school, was an ongoing battle and typical of the battles we fought all last yr. He is so literal, and they just don't get it.)</p><p>So as part of the contract, we agreed that he would only miss 2 days of school per trimester, he would turn in 100% of homework (it was 90% but he took advantage and they had to really squeeze stats to get it to 90% last yr), he had to score C and above on tests.</p><p>He had no real behavioral issues that were serious. We got home one note that he was scr*wing off in art class last yr (he hates art) and he had to write the teacher an apology.</p><p>I heard that yesterday, he kept raising his hand in religion class to ask procedural questions that were already on the board and that the nun had already said aloud. She was aggravated that he wasn't paying attention and said something that was apparently intended to be humorous about having him wear a sign that said he couldn't ask any more questions. </p><p>The other teachers have said he participates very well in their classes and is not shy about raising his hand and talking about issues. I was very pleased to hear that, since he can be very shy and almost neurotic when he is amongst strangers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 379033, member: 3419"] In regard to holding difficult child to higher academic standards, he was on academic probation. The main problems have not been with-his academics, per se, they have been with-organization issues (executive functioning or lack thereof), not turning things in, or turning in things in incorrectly (for ex., "skip a space" to me means when you write a paper, write on every other line of college ruled paper. To him it meant an extra space between paragraphs only. This is such an easy thing to fix but with-this school, was an ongoing battle and typical of the battles we fought all last yr. He is so literal, and they just don't get it.) So as part of the contract, we agreed that he would only miss 2 days of school per trimester, he would turn in 100% of homework (it was 90% but he took advantage and they had to really squeeze stats to get it to 90% last yr), he had to score C and above on tests. He had no real behavioral issues that were serious. We got home one note that he was scr*wing off in art class last yr (he hates art) and he had to write the teacher an apology. I heard that yesterday, he kept raising his hand in religion class to ask procedural questions that were already on the board and that the nun had already said aloud. She was aggravated that he wasn't paying attention and said something that was apparently intended to be humorous about having him wear a sign that said he couldn't ask any more questions. The other teachers have said he participates very well in their classes and is not shy about raising his hand and talking about issues. I was very pleased to hear that, since he can be very shy and almost neurotic when he is amongst strangers. [/QUOTE]
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