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<blockquote data-quote="CarrieM" data-source="post: 120285" data-attributes="member: 4571"><p>Hi again, and thanks to all of you for your support and advice.</p><p> </p><p>LittleDudesMom, I do appreciate your frankness. I'm not one to offend easily, and I know that sometimes I need to have a bit of reality slap me in the face.</p><p> </p><p>I know I tend to go overboard wiith the rules, conditions, etc. And I get frustrated when I start laying out consequences to her, and it doesn't seem to faze her at all, so I start adding, and adding, and adding until it seems to make a dent.</p><p> </p><p>There doesn't seem to be any root reason or cause to the homework aversion, just seems like for the past several weeks, she has no interest in whether homework gets done at all. Disorganization is a major issue for her, and I've suggested many different ideas to help her combat that. I LOVE the idea of an extra set of textbooks to be kept at home, and will have to discuss that with the teacher.</p><p> </p><p>We did have a bit of success tonite though. She brought all of her work and books home, did every bit of homework, and got only one question wrong on her reading test today. So she and I went out this evening, spent an hour chatting while we grocery shopped, and she got a pint of her favorite flavor of ice cream (mint, which no one else in the house will go near.)</p><p> </p><p>So we are doing daily rewards to celebrate successes. I praised her for bringing everything home, and commented on how she seems so much more relaxed and cheerful than she has in quite a while, I think because she's not sitting on the powderkeg of a secret she had been. So I'm hoping she's turned the corner, and things will start to get better.</p><p> </p><p>Oh, and slsh.... my son uses the Dynavox. He started years ago with the 3100, and now uses the MT4.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks all!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CarrieM, post: 120285, member: 4571"] Hi again, and thanks to all of you for your support and advice. LittleDudesMom, I do appreciate your frankness. I'm not one to offend easily, and I know that sometimes I need to have a bit of reality slap me in the face. I know I tend to go overboard wiith the rules, conditions, etc. And I get frustrated when I start laying out consequences to her, and it doesn't seem to faze her at all, so I start adding, and adding, and adding until it seems to make a dent. There doesn't seem to be any root reason or cause to the homework aversion, just seems like for the past several weeks, she has no interest in whether homework gets done at all. Disorganization is a major issue for her, and I've suggested many different ideas to help her combat that. I LOVE the idea of an extra set of textbooks to be kept at home, and will have to discuss that with the teacher. We did have a bit of success tonite though. She brought all of her work and books home, did every bit of homework, and got only one question wrong on her reading test today. So she and I went out this evening, spent an hour chatting while we grocery shopped, and she got a pint of her favorite flavor of ice cream (mint, which no one else in the house will go near.) So we are doing daily rewards to celebrate successes. I praised her for bringing everything home, and commented on how she seems so much more relaxed and cheerful than she has in quite a while, I think because she's not sitting on the powderkeg of a secret she had been. So I'm hoping she's turned the corner, and things will start to get better. Oh, and slsh.... my son uses the Dynavox. He started years ago with the 3100, and now uses the MT4. Thanks all!!! [/QUOTE]
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