homework question

Hello Darla:

In order to respond to your posting I believe we would be more information about the age of the student and severity of learning disability.

As a parent, of the child with a fairly severe case of learning disability I can tell you that we do homework every night at the dining room table. Homework is an integral part of school especially as the child grows older, middle school and high school. Much learning takes place at home with homework. I often say about my daughter, “We are homeschooling. During the day she goes to regular school for socialization and at night she is in home school at home.”

In fact, school is called the work of children. Learning and completing this work is very important for success in life. I know students who would help have completed homework and those who never done any. Those who didn’t do any work didn’t learn work habits, increased frustration tolerance, or coping skills. As young adults they find themselves lost in trying to find a job and hold employment.

So, I highly recommend to parents that they become an integral part of their child’s homework.

Jim — Michigan

[quote=”darla”]When is it appropriate or inappropriate to assign children with learning disabilities homework. Should all homework be modified?
Is there a rule to follow or a way to determine which cases should be completing homework?
Thanks for any advice![/quote]

The only rule is that which would say - do what best meets the needs of each individual learner.

I’m not a big fan of homework as a teacher in any case particularly for younger children. If homework is not absolutely essential, why is it being assigned anyway? Homework for homework’s sake is inappropriate as far as I’m concerned.

If a child has reading issues or writing isses, they’re going to struggle to keep up with the same amount of homework that is assigned to children without those issues. If they have issues with organization or attention, again they’re going to struggle with homework unless the home can provide very structured support and not every family can provide that.