My son is 9 and in 3rd grade he is dx with visual perception disabilty in school and is resource room for spelling and engish reg class room for all other subjects with a A in Math and aB in reading and Bs in the resource room subjects he really stuggles with writing.He has real bad organization skillls forgets books when he needs them cant put together he needs the book to complete questions on his homework.His teachers just let himdo it doing recess a couple times a week.I have asked them to remind him of all items he needs this never seems to happen.He was dx with ADHD for 5 years a a few months ago this psy changed it to PDD-NOS.Also he has a high IQ like near 140 or higher I have been told.I have to help him get his work on paper in correct order or it is a total mess.What are some things I can do to help him with this trouble?
Re: LD son with aPDD-NOS and no Organization skills
Yes I understand the teacher comment on how verbal my son is and how intelligent he is and they dont understand he needs this constant reminding to do things.I told them they need to come home and just spend a half a day with us and then they will understand.He forgets his lunch money in his desk for days at a time.I would think they would get the picture due to him not remembering how to write certain letters at times.
Well, for starters, I’d ask for a separate set of text books for home. Then neither you nor he have to deal with the frustration of not having the needed book. Next, I have made it clear that my son will _NOT_ be held accountable for work that is not written in his agenda. He does his best to write his assignments down, but they are often incomplete or not clear enough that I could figure out what he was supposed to do. So it is the SPED teacher’s responsibility to check his agenda, make sure it is complete, and help him pack up everything (other than the text books) that he’ll need to do the work.
I will NOT let them keep him in form recess for homework. Yes, he needs to learn organizational skills, but he won’t learn them if the adults around him don’t support him and show him how to do it. When I think how many YEARS it took before he could get himself ready for bed without me standing beside him the whole way, it’s ridiculous to think he will somehow learn these skills by “osmosis” just because he “should” be able to do them at this age.
Sorry, but this is a personal hot spot for me.
Karen