Guest guest Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 mentioned she couldn't remember everything her doctor told her. I'm the same way, so I use a steno pad and take it to each appointment. Whatever is discussed - changing dosages, sleep problems, new meds, side effects, anything - I write down. Then if I need to make detailed notes, I wait until after the appt. and write a full explanation. [No doctor is going to sit patiently while I write a full page. ] It's the only way I can keep track. And I have the notebook to refer back to when/if the same problem arises. RA is so complicated I get easily confused about what's what. Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 We also had an accommodation to get teacher notes. They also put in copy of student notes but we never had to use that (making a copy of a student's notes who they knew took good notes). > > > > Hi everyone, > > haven't posted in a long time but read your post often. I was wondering if anyone has concerns with their child keeping up with taking notes in middle school? What are some of the things you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 My son takes notes on a portable word processor or Alphasmart. But he also gets a copy of notes from the teacher.Sent from my iPhoneBlessings, DonnaOn May 2, 2009, at 6:23 AM, "beachbodytan2002" <beachbodytan2002@...> wrote: Hi everyone, haven't posted in a long time but read your post often. I was wondering if anyone has concerns with their child keeping up with taking notes in middle school? What are some of the things you are doing to help out? As you know, if you don't have all the notes - you can't study or be prepaired for a test. right now, I'm trying to teach my child to type and pick up speed on the computer. Have any of you had luck with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Hi that's what's happening right now - we get a copy of the teachers notes. I was surprised to hear how many kids also need a copy of the teachers notes. From: <@...> Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2009 2:27:53 PMSubject: ( ) Re: taking notes We also had an accommodation to get teacher notes. They also put in copy of student notes but we never had to use that (making a copy of a student's notes who they knew took good notes).> >> > Hi everyone,> > haven't posted in a long time but read your post often. I was wondering if anyone has concerns with their child keeping up with taking notes in middle school? What are some of the things you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Wow.....that sounds awesome - definitely worth checking out. ***Learned helplessness. That's it exactly. I get so mad,,,,,,,,,sadly, cause I know he can do it.....then he gets upset. Ya know, when I was in school (all of us, probably), we didnt' "get" it all, but we got through it somehow.... and our folks never knew.....we just got through it whether we really understood in the end or not. With me being the teacher,,,,,and seeing that he's not doing what I think he should be doing........darnit,,,,I get so mad. I know I'm harder on him than school would be "academically". So,,,,I think him going to a smaller school,,,,,,,having a teacher that he couldn't just freak out on (I hope not, anyway).........that it'll be good.*** Anyway,,,,let us know how the eschool visit goes. Robin From: Jill Kern <JillBKernverizon (DOT) net>Subject: ( ) Re: taking notes Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 7:12 AM Dear Ruth, and other parents, The one problem with an Alpha-Smart (which my son used for several years in middle school and high school) is limited memory. This turned out to be a problem when he used it for writing assignments in 9th-grade English class. The assignments were supposed to be printed out and put into a folder that the teacher would look at later to calculate each student's grade. My son did the writing assignments, but for some reason couldn't print them all out immediately afterwards. So when he had another assignment but not enough Alpha-Smart memory to save it, he deleted the earlier assignments. Then when the teacher looked into his folder to grade his work, she found ... nothing! He was about to get an F in that class, but after I explained to her what had happened, she trusted him enough to believe he had carried out the assignments, and gave him a C instead. It could be that later models of Alpha-Smart have more memory -- I don't know because my son graduated from high school in 2004. After this happened, the school system lent him a laptop -- which somehow got lost. We think he left it in the Social Studies classroom but didn't make sure it was locked up in a closet, so it was probably stolen. We were about to be charged for the full cost (which would have been several hundred dollars), but the assistive technology person decided that it was partly the school system's fault that he lost it, so she didn't make us pay. All this is a long-winded way of saying that Alpha-Smarts and laptops are a great idea, but you also need to be aware of things that can go wrong and guard against them. Jill Shopping for Mom? Save yourself a little time and money on AOL Shopping. Shopping for Mom? Save yourself a little time and money on AOL Shopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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