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Thinking outside the box... school's solution for difficult child 2's social issues...
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<blockquote data-quote="Christy" data-source="post: 144296" data-attributes="member: 225"><p>I can understand your mixed emotions. The plan has good points and negatives. I guess I have the opposite thinking of those who have posted so far. It sounds like you difficult child has difficulty controlling impulsiveness and getting in trouble frequently which obviously equates to him hating school. He might enjoy these jobs at recess and it may help build confidence and maybe a more positive attitude about school. It gives him the opportunity to do something right. He will be looked up to by the little kids he is reading to. A negative is losing the opportunity to interact with peers in an unstructured environment. But ask yourself, has this been going well so far? Also, you are hoping to trasnsfer him to the magnet school so he will be with a new peer set next year if things go as planned. Perhaps a suggestion is for the school to find another same age peer who would happily volunteer to do these jobs at recess and he/she could partner with your difficult child. This would be a positive peer interaction if the school makes a good choice (maybe another magnet school canidate). My son had a friend in the mainstream class (a little girl) who just seemed to understand him. She was very tolerant and alwas kind. She was an excellent student and role model and this relationship did more for him than anything te school system could put into place. Just a thought.</p><p>Good luck and let us know how it goes.</p><p>Christy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christy, post: 144296, member: 225"] I can understand your mixed emotions. The plan has good points and negatives. I guess I have the opposite thinking of those who have posted so far. It sounds like you difficult child has difficulty controlling impulsiveness and getting in trouble frequently which obviously equates to him hating school. He might enjoy these jobs at recess and it may help build confidence and maybe a more positive attitude about school. It gives him the opportunity to do something right. He will be looked up to by the little kids he is reading to. A negative is losing the opportunity to interact with peers in an unstructured environment. But ask yourself, has this been going well so far? Also, you are hoping to trasnsfer him to the magnet school so he will be with a new peer set next year if things go as planned. Perhaps a suggestion is for the school to find another same age peer who would happily volunteer to do these jobs at recess and he/she could partner with your difficult child. This would be a positive peer interaction if the school makes a good choice (maybe another magnet school canidate). My son had a friend in the mainstream class (a little girl) who just seemed to understand him. She was very tolerant and alwas kind. She was an excellent student and role model and this relationship did more for him than anything te school system could put into place. Just a thought. Good luck and let us know how it goes. Christy [/QUOTE]
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