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<blockquote data-quote="pigless in VA" data-source="post: 681734" data-attributes="member: 11832"><p>Yes, Jack is suffering from his father having far too high expectations for him. GN, I've thought a lot about the fact that Jack learns differently from the other students. He is in a self-contained classroom for children with autism. Even though I've worked with him for about a year, it is tough to know what he needs. He reads and writes beautifully, but cannot/will not answer questions about what he has read. I know he knows how to do those math problems we were working on yesterday. He simply did not want to do them. When he is tested, he guesses at the answers. </p><p></p><p>He was in a different class at the beginning of the year for children with intellectual disabilities. The pace of the class was much slower, and Jack was happy and somewhat bored. I think he is one of those children that fits somewhere in between the classes that the public school system offers. His father wants us to push him but isn't cooperating by doing his part at home. This boy is stressed. It stinks. </p><p></p><p>I also think the boy NEEDS more physical activity. If he were my child, I'd be taking him for a walk every morning. He is always more focused after P.E. class. His behavior is always worse on days that he doesn't have P.E. </p><p></p><p>There's an IEP. That's how I entered the picture. The problem is that I can't MAKE him do his work. I've noticed that the other children who also have autism WANT to learn. I can help them and then back away, and they will work independently. This boy would rather be in his own world; he's happy there. I think the adults are like so many flies buzzing around his head, asking him to do pesky tasks, constantly irritating him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigless in VA, post: 681734, member: 11832"] Yes, Jack is suffering from his father having far too high expectations for him. GN, I've thought a lot about the fact that Jack learns differently from the other students. He is in a self-contained classroom for children with autism. Even though I've worked with him for about a year, it is tough to know what he needs. He reads and writes beautifully, but cannot/will not answer questions about what he has read. I know he knows how to do those math problems we were working on yesterday. He simply did not want to do them. When he is tested, he guesses at the answers. He was in a different class at the beginning of the year for children with intellectual disabilities. The pace of the class was much slower, and Jack was happy and somewhat bored. I think he is one of those children that fits somewhere in between the classes that the public school system offers. His father wants us to push him but isn't cooperating by doing his part at home. This boy is stressed. It stinks. I also think the boy NEEDS more physical activity. If he were my child, I'd be taking him for a walk every morning. He is always more focused after P.E. class. His behavior is always worse on days that he doesn't have P.E. There's an IEP. That's how I entered the picture. The problem is that I can't MAKE him do his work. I've noticed that the other children who also have autism WANT to learn. I can help them and then back away, and they will work independently. This boy would rather be in his own world; he's happy there. I think the adults are like so many flies buzzing around his head, asking him to do pesky tasks, constantly irritating him. [/QUOTE]
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