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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 63451" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>difficult child 1's first pediatrician described it like this: "I could tell difficult child 1 that I will give him this $50 note if he sits still for five minutes. He will be highly motivated. But he will not be able to do it."</p><p>It's nothing to do with motivation, wanting to do it or being dumb, it's a lot more to it.</p><p></p><p>I'd suggest stop banging your head against the brick wall of your husband's disbelief - just get him to either come up with a valid explanation (and not liking maths doesn't explain why he forgets like this - a kid who hates the subject would grab at the answer & write it down, to get the work over and done with) or tell him to back off and leave it to you, as he's done so far. Basically, put up or shut up. You may need to keep repeating, "difficult child is not dumb. He has a problem with his memory. It can be helped. let me help him." Over and over. (OK, it could well be ADHD as well, but that's red rag to a bull).</p><p></p><p>If I'm right and this memory problem is the main way this is manifesting, you will soon find difficult child has BIG issues when it comes to summarising text. How is he with writing stories? How is he at deciding, when writing a report, which bit of information is more of use than another bit? We went through purgatory with this. difficult child 1 clearly knew his subject matter and enjoyed it, but he couldn't write about it to save his life. We found the technique of mind-mapping helped him a great deal. To find out more, look it up linked with "Edward de Bono".</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 63451, member: 1991"] difficult child 1's first pediatrician described it like this: "I could tell difficult child 1 that I will give him this $50 note if he sits still for five minutes. He will be highly motivated. But he will not be able to do it." It's nothing to do with motivation, wanting to do it or being dumb, it's a lot more to it. I'd suggest stop banging your head against the brick wall of your husband's disbelief - just get him to either come up with a valid explanation (and not liking maths doesn't explain why he forgets like this - a kid who hates the subject would grab at the answer & write it down, to get the work over and done with) or tell him to back off and leave it to you, as he's done so far. Basically, put up or shut up. You may need to keep repeating, "difficult child is not dumb. He has a problem with his memory. It can be helped. let me help him." Over and over. (OK, it could well be ADHD as well, but that's red rag to a bull). If I'm right and this memory problem is the main way this is manifesting, you will soon find difficult child has BIG issues when it comes to summarising text. How is he with writing stories? How is he at deciding, when writing a report, which bit of information is more of use than another bit? We went through purgatory with this. difficult child 1 clearly knew his subject matter and enjoyed it, but he couldn't write about it to save his life. We found the technique of mind-mapping helped him a great deal. To find out more, look it up linked with "Edward de Bono". Marg [/QUOTE]
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