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<blockquote data-quote="soapbox" data-source="post: 494573" data-attributes="member: 13003"><p>Bunny - </p><p>Maybe...</p><p>All he knows is that school "isn't working".</p><p>Maybe he's been saying things all along - to the teachers, if not to you.</p><p>And he's been right - but nobody believes him.</p><p>They think he has an "attitude", rather than a valid challenge.</p><p></p><p>Hidden disabilities slip through the cracks at school <u>all the time</u>.</p><p></p><p>I don't remember all the details, and I might have posted some of this before on your threads... haven't time to look, so I'll just toss out the summary version of ONE possibility...</p><p></p><p>APDs make it very difficult to follow verbal instruction. And so much of school is verbal - including multi-media. Difficulty processing verbal language - or even just difficulty maintaining focus on the important "sounds" in the presence of background noise (like a teacher's voice in the classroom) - can really mess up the learning experience. Kid can't follow instructions - other kids get brutal, real fast. "Boy, you must be stupid". And the teacher just tells you that you need to "try harder"? ... but the child doesn't understand how any of this works, and has internalized the "wrong" messages... so, has nothing to report to you.</p><p></p><p>I'd be assuming there is something more at work, and be pushing edges for evaluations... right now, especially, I'd be pushing for Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation (motor skills and sensory), and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) (auditory processing, including auditory figure ground which you may have to fight for...)</p><p></p><p>Last comprehensive evaluation was when?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soapbox, post: 494573, member: 13003"] Bunny - Maybe... All he knows is that school "isn't working". Maybe he's been saying things all along - to the teachers, if not to you. And he's been right - but nobody believes him. They think he has an "attitude", rather than a valid challenge. Hidden disabilities slip through the cracks at school [U]all the time[/U]. I don't remember all the details, and I might have posted some of this before on your threads... haven't time to look, so I'll just toss out the summary version of ONE possibility... APDs make it very difficult to follow verbal instruction. And so much of school is verbal - including multi-media. Difficulty processing verbal language - or even just difficulty maintaining focus on the important "sounds" in the presence of background noise (like a teacher's voice in the classroom) - can really mess up the learning experience. Kid can't follow instructions - other kids get brutal, real fast. "Boy, you must be stupid". And the teacher just tells you that you need to "try harder"? ... but the child doesn't understand how any of this works, and has internalized the "wrong" messages... so, has nothing to report to you. I'd be assuming there is something more at work, and be pushing edges for evaluations... right now, especially, I'd be pushing for Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation (motor skills and sensory), and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) (auditory processing, including auditory figure ground which you may have to fight for...) Last comprehensive evaluation was when? [/QUOTE]
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