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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 410316" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>Have you considered getting an advocate to help you with this process? I think you may need one given the difficulties you are encountering.</p><p></p><p>I think that it is always a good idea to ask lots of questions - how this and what about that sort of questions. It is not really your problem to solve - I think I may have said this before. You get to say No if you don't agree to their plan. But it's supposed to be their plan based on the child's needs.</p><p></p><p>How about asking for a short term moratorium on homework? None at all. He does it at school and that's it for the rest of the quarter or whatever time frame your school operates on. Everyone sees then if he's able to keep up without the homework. If he is slipping behind then supports can be added as needed preferably at school. IF he doesn't have a one-on-one aide at school then that might be a place to start. If you ask about that you may find them quickly agreeing to the stupid word processor as that is so much less expensive than an aide...</p><p></p><p>Bottom line is that it sounds like there needs to be a clearer identification of your son's needs. And you may need to have some testing done outside of the school to support your position on things like Occupational Therapist (OT). You may also want to see if your health insurance (assuming you have some) or developmental services would cover the Occupational Therapist (OT) services you are describing. This would give you something that you could "give in" on without really sacrificing his needs.</p><p></p><p>The problem that I have encountered with handwriting (my son had great difficulty with this and still struggles to write by hand at age 15) is that the bar for quality is set pretty low. And many kids struggle to write by hand so the school isn't really going to see this as a problem as long as he can do the bare minimum. Just like you they know that once he gets to HS he will have a limited need to rely on handwriting at school so why should they invest a bunch of money into Occupational Therapist (OT) to teach him to write better?</p><p></p><p>If he's doing OK at school then fine he doesn't need the word processor at school. If he's not able to manage handwriting at home then the issue becomes how to minimize the requirement for handwriting at home. Which takes you back to the homework load and whether it is reasonable and appropriate - given his disabilities. You might look over my posts in response to your earlier thread as I believe I outlined a couple different strategies for handling homework.</p><p></p><p>I also really do think it would be wise of you to get an advocate. If you are struggling to get him services now it may only get worse as he gets older. My son "grew into" his disabilities to a great extent. So the things that were somewhat manageable when he was younger became really unmanageable as he grew older because his development didn't keep pace with the academic demands. You may be in a similar position and so having an advocate on board sooner rather than later may be really helpful. The more services you can get when they are younger the better the outcome - at least that is generally true.</p><p></p><p>Best wishes,</p><p></p><p>Patricia</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 410316, member: 7948"] Have you considered getting an advocate to help you with this process? I think you may need one given the difficulties you are encountering. I think that it is always a good idea to ask lots of questions - how this and what about that sort of questions. It is not really your problem to solve - I think I may have said this before. You get to say No if you don't agree to their plan. But it's supposed to be their plan based on the child's needs. How about asking for a short term moratorium on homework? None at all. He does it at school and that's it for the rest of the quarter or whatever time frame your school operates on. Everyone sees then if he's able to keep up without the homework. If he is slipping behind then supports can be added as needed preferably at school. IF he doesn't have a one-on-one aide at school then that might be a place to start. If you ask about that you may find them quickly agreeing to the stupid word processor as that is so much less expensive than an aide... Bottom line is that it sounds like there needs to be a clearer identification of your son's needs. And you may need to have some testing done outside of the school to support your position on things like Occupational Therapist (OT). You may also want to see if your health insurance (assuming you have some) or developmental services would cover the Occupational Therapist (OT) services you are describing. This would give you something that you could "give in" on without really sacrificing his needs. The problem that I have encountered with handwriting (my son had great difficulty with this and still struggles to write by hand at age 15) is that the bar for quality is set pretty low. And many kids struggle to write by hand so the school isn't really going to see this as a problem as long as he can do the bare minimum. Just like you they know that once he gets to HS he will have a limited need to rely on handwriting at school so why should they invest a bunch of money into Occupational Therapist (OT) to teach him to write better? If he's doing OK at school then fine he doesn't need the word processor at school. If he's not able to manage handwriting at home then the issue becomes how to minimize the requirement for handwriting at home. Which takes you back to the homework load and whether it is reasonable and appropriate - given his disabilities. You might look over my posts in response to your earlier thread as I believe I outlined a couple different strategies for handling homework. I also really do think it would be wise of you to get an advocate. If you are struggling to get him services now it may only get worse as he gets older. My son "grew into" his disabilities to a great extent. So the things that were somewhat manageable when he was younger became really unmanageable as he grew older because his development didn't keep pace with the academic demands. You may be in a similar position and so having an advocate on board sooner rather than later may be really helpful. The more services you can get when they are younger the better the outcome - at least that is generally true. Best wishes, Patricia [/QUOTE]
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