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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 377224" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Some suggestions:</p><p>1) Identify one contact person (ie case manager or guidance counselor) in the building that she can go to whenever she gets panicky over something.</p><p>2) Multiple copies of her schedule--hanging on locker door, in binder, in her pocket. You can even laminate a card with her schedule and locker combination and hang it inside her backpack or in her packet.</p><p>3) Zipper binders are common in the grade schools, and it's been a big help to my kids to keep everything together. </p><p>4) Email all of her teachers, inlcuding the specials teacher -- ie you want to touch bases with them right away at the beginning of the year because anxiety has been severe in the past and these first weeks are critical. Mention she has a 504. Most teachers will be glad to help watch out for a child with such issues and help them transition. </p><p>5) Touch bases with a mom of an older junior high girl to make sure you've covered the non-academic bases to help her fit in. Here all the girls have locker mirrors and of course we all know that junior high is all about hair. ;-) Also make sure that she knows what to expect when she walks in the building that first morning--ie here all the kids go the gym and sit by grade before being dismissed to their lockers.</p><p> </p><p>On your end, make sure she gets plenty of sleep and good meals, plus pick outfits and pack backpack the night before. I have a easy child who just started junior high and she comes home exhausted and has needed lots of extra mom support these first two weeks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 377224, member: 701"] Some suggestions: 1) Identify one contact person (ie case manager or guidance counselor) in the building that she can go to whenever she gets panicky over something. 2) Multiple copies of her schedule--hanging on locker door, in binder, in her pocket. You can even laminate a card with her schedule and locker combination and hang it inside her backpack or in her packet. 3) Zipper binders are common in the grade schools, and it's been a big help to my kids to keep everything together. 4) Email all of her teachers, inlcuding the specials teacher -- ie you want to touch bases with them right away at the beginning of the year because anxiety has been severe in the past and these first weeks are critical. Mention she has a 504. Most teachers will be glad to help watch out for a child with such issues and help them transition. 5) Touch bases with a mom of an older junior high girl to make sure you've covered the non-academic bases to help her fit in. Here all the girls have locker mirrors and of course we all know that junior high is all about hair. ;-) Also make sure that she knows what to expect when she walks in the building that first morning--ie here all the kids go the gym and sit by grade before being dismissed to their lockers. On your end, make sure she gets plenty of sleep and good meals, plus pick outfits and pack backpack the night before. I have a easy child who just started junior high and she comes home exhausted and has needed lots of extra mom support these first two weeks. [/QUOTE]
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