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Only 3 wks of school and already a mtng and a lie
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 304078" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Maybe he was overwhelmed with the assignment. I know that sounds silly to adults, but there were THREE goals and each goal had TWO parts to it. Maybe he needs help breaking things down, chunking the assignment. Not thinking about the whole, but just working on each part separately. I know my difficult child's get stuck on assignments like that sometimes. I would sit with them and talk them through it, "Tell me one goal." Then I have them write what down what they just said. "Tell me another goal," and so on. Then when all the goals are written, we go back to the first goal (and everything else is covered up) and I'd say, "Tell me why this is a good goal for you." Then we write whatever is said and move to the next goal. Then we go back and start all over with the how-I'm-going-to-accomplish-this part of the assignment.</p><p></p><p>It's tedious, but for some kids with executive function issues they really, really need help distilling their assignments down so that they don't become overwhelmed by the big picture. The lying in our case would come from the panic of the situation and just finding it easier and less painful if they don't even deal with it and make up some fiction for why it wasn't done.</p><p></p><p>Just a thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 304078, member: 3444"] Maybe he was overwhelmed with the assignment. I know that sounds silly to adults, but there were THREE goals and each goal had TWO parts to it. Maybe he needs help breaking things down, chunking the assignment. Not thinking about the whole, but just working on each part separately. I know my difficult child's get stuck on assignments like that sometimes. I would sit with them and talk them through it, "Tell me one goal." Then I have them write what down what they just said. "Tell me another goal," and so on. Then when all the goals are written, we go back to the first goal (and everything else is covered up) and I'd say, "Tell me why this is a good goal for you." Then we write whatever is said and move to the next goal. Then we go back and start all over with the how-I'm-going-to-accomplish-this part of the assignment. It's tedious, but for some kids with executive function issues they really, really need help distilling their assignments down so that they don't become overwhelmed by the big picture. The lying in our case would come from the panic of the situation and just finding it easier and less painful if they don't even deal with it and make up some fiction for why it wasn't done. Just a thought. [/QUOTE]
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