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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 109425" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>We've had numerous (and continue to have) problems with homework with NL.</p><p></p><p>Most of the problem is his ADD. Think of what typically needs to be involved for successful homework.</p><p>1. Student must hear the assignment given.</p><p>2. Student must remember to bring home the necessary equipment to do the homework.</p><p>3. Student must do the homework (we rarely have a problem with this one).</p><p>4. Student must remember to put homework back into backpack.</p><p>5. Homework must make it back to school.</p><p>6. Homework must be handed in.</p><p></p><p>The process can fall through at any point in the above.</p><p></p><p>Add in that he is also highly gifted, and if it's rote work that he already has grasped the concept of, his mind will wander while he's trying to do it and it will take hours to complete.</p><p></p><p>I have no answers. We've tried Franklin planners (he forgot to write the homework in it). We've tried a voice recorder (he lost it). We've tried having him email me his homework, printing out the list, and check it before he came home (worked the best but no longer an option).</p><p>He missed handing in 2 English assignments so far this year. I know he did them - I printed them off for him. Somehow step 4, 5 or 6 above fell through.</p><p></p><p>Penalties don't work. Getting a zero doesn't work (although I've ALWAYS left that option, and even insisted on it, up to the teacher). Bribery, support, etc. - none of it works for the long term.</p><p></p><p>I hope you can find the one thing that "clicks" for your kid. With my older son, for some reason, a Franklin Planner DID click - he never missed homework after we implimented it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 109425, member: 439"] We've had numerous (and continue to have) problems with homework with NL. Most of the problem is his ADD. Think of what typically needs to be involved for successful homework. 1. Student must hear the assignment given. 2. Student must remember to bring home the necessary equipment to do the homework. 3. Student must do the homework (we rarely have a problem with this one). 4. Student must remember to put homework back into backpack. 5. Homework must make it back to school. 6. Homework must be handed in. The process can fall through at any point in the above. Add in that he is also highly gifted, and if it's rote work that he already has grasped the concept of, his mind will wander while he's trying to do it and it will take hours to complete. I have no answers. We've tried Franklin planners (he forgot to write the homework in it). We've tried a voice recorder (he lost it). We've tried having him email me his homework, printing out the list, and check it before he came home (worked the best but no longer an option). He missed handing in 2 English assignments so far this year. I know he did them - I printed them off for him. Somehow step 4, 5 or 6 above fell through. Penalties don't work. Getting a zero doesn't work (although I've ALWAYS left that option, and even insisted on it, up to the teacher). Bribery, support, etc. - none of it works for the long term. I hope you can find the one thing that "clicks" for your kid. With my older son, for some reason, a Franklin Planner DID click - he never missed homework after we implimented it. [/QUOTE]
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