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Resource Specialist Conclusion - My Son Needs to Get His Act Together
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 362399" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>7th grade? Sounds so much like Middle School. You go from an elementary setting where teachers are willing to help out to *BAM* - Middle School where they system believes that it is sink or swim time for ALL kids! Can't help, time for them to do it on their own!!!</p><p> </p><p>I requested my difficult child be switched from an Art class (he had two that quarter) to a study hall because he HATES to read and is failing AR. In a study hall, he WOULD read that time each day. But no, study halls are for kids who are failing and because difficult child doesn't read and is failing AR it is not enough to bring his Language Arts to a failing grade - so no, difficult child just has to motivate himself to read!</p><p> </p><p>I also think that because your son is so intellegient, the school doesn't care that he has a struggle to maintain a good grade through inability to coordinate/organize his day!</p><p> </p><p>Parents beware, if you don't have a 504 or IEP in place before 7th grade, your fight becomes so much harder! And as vja4Him is finding, even if you do have one in place can be a fight to get the school to honor it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 362399, member: 5096"] 7th grade? Sounds so much like Middle School. You go from an elementary setting where teachers are willing to help out to *BAM* - Middle School where they system believes that it is sink or swim time for ALL kids! Can't help, time for them to do it on their own!!! I requested my difficult child be switched from an Art class (he had two that quarter) to a study hall because he HATES to read and is failing AR. In a study hall, he WOULD read that time each day. But no, study halls are for kids who are failing and because difficult child doesn't read and is failing AR it is not enough to bring his Language Arts to a failing grade - so no, difficult child just has to motivate himself to read! I also think that because your son is so intellegient, the school doesn't care that he has a struggle to maintain a good grade through inability to coordinate/organize his day! Parents beware, if you don't have a 504 or IEP in place before 7th grade, your fight becomes so much harder! And as vja4Him is finding, even if you do have one in place can be a fight to get the school to honor it. [/QUOTE]
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