Guest guest Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Does your son excel in any one subject (like math)? our daughters (shes 8) issue was anything to do with writing, so the school enacted a program that she could " type " rather than have to physically write. i believe it was a small machine that allowed her to type and then would be able to plug into a printer and print what she wrote. the school should " not " be adding additional work to your son because he has asperger. if anything, i would ask " what is my sons sensory diet ? " he possibly needs time out of the class to get his thoughts together and calm down before being jammed into something he cant handle at that time. if the teacher is not being straight forward with you or dodging questions then my guess is they are " hiding " things. they know if they tell you your son is having issues then according to the " no child left behind laws " they " must " provide him what he needs. schools know if they suggest things are needed for your son then they have to provide it for him at the schools cost. but what they dont tell you is the school system usually get an amount of money for each child they report as needing these special tools from the state to get a proper education. they usually dont tell the state they are " not using the resources the state provides for the child " , and instead they use the money for other things. the way i was able to get the school to provide my daughter with what she needed was, while i sat at the last PPT i asked the entire room to " please raise their hand if they were the one going to prison for embezzling and missappropriating the funds the state had given for my daughter to something else " . after that i got what i wanted. please, if you feel the school is being sketchy about what they are doing for your son, call your state and they will tell you what is right and wrong. > > Hi Everyone, > > I was wondering whether any of you had experienced incomplete classwork being sent home to complete. My son is an 11 year old with Aspergers, auditory processing, visual processing, attention and other learning disabilities who is mainstreamed with an aide. He is in 5th grade and has been getting a lot of homework. Because of his numerous issues homework takes us a long time!! It takes at least 2 hours per night. In addition to the homework I have noticed that additional work is being sent home and that work is not listed on the teachers website. When I approached the in class support teacher she is not straightforward with me. Today she told me that she is trying to space out his work and give him a head start so he has less on his plate through the process. How is it less on his plate when it is being sent home for me to work on with him? > > I have hired one of the resource room teachers to work with him after school and was told that the in class support is giving her work to do that he is not completing in class. I have tried to speak with the in class support about how long the work takes him and she basically told me she could not believe it. The case manager is even worse to deal with so I am at a crossroads. > > I think that my son is already stressed with the homework why send him additional work. Is there another perspective that I am missing? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 The only time, i had this happen was last year when my son would refuse to do his classwork, Sending it home was the deal I arranged with his teacher. He eventually learned that classwork is to be done in the class. Sounds like here that they are trying to shove the work on you to do it at home. From: luz velez <luzadrianna1970@...>Subject: Classwork sent HomeAspergers Treatment , autism-awareness-action , autism , mosaic-list , "SPEDlaw Moderator" <reedmartinspedlaw-owner >, njfamilieswautism Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 4:12 PM Hi Everyone, I was wondering whether any of you had experienced incomplete classwork being sent home to complete. My son is an 11 year old with Aspergers, auditory processing, visual processing, attention and other learning disabilities who is mainstreamed with an aide. He is in 5th grade and has been getting a lot of homework. Because of his numerous issues homework takes us a long time!! It takes at least 2 hours per night. In addition to the homework I have noticed that additional work is being sent home and that work is not listed on the teachers website. When I approached the in class support teacher she is not straightforward with me. Today she told me that she is trying to space out his work and give him a head start so he has less on his plate through the process. How is it less on his plate when it is being sent home for me to work on with him? I have hired one of the resource room teachers to work with him after school and was told that the in class support is giving her work to do that he is not completing in class. I have tried to speak with the in class support about how long the work takes him and she basically told me she could not believe it. The case manager is even worse to deal with so I am at a crossroads. I think that my son is already stressed with the homework why send him additional work. Is there another perspective that I am missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 The only time, i had this happen was last year when my son would refuse to do his classwork, Sending it home was the deal I arranged with his teacher. He eventually learned that classwork is to be done in the class. Sounds like here that they are trying to shove the work on you to do it at home. From: luz velez <luzadrianna1970@...>Subject: Classwork sent HomeAspergers Treatment , autism-awareness-action , autism , mosaic-list , "SPEDlaw Moderator" <reedmartinspedlaw-owner >, njfamilieswautism Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 4:12 PM Hi Everyone, I was wondering whether any of you had experienced incomplete classwork being sent home to complete. My son is an 11 year old with Aspergers, auditory processing, visual processing, attention and other learning disabilities who is mainstreamed with an aide. He is in 5th grade and has been getting a lot of homework. Because of his numerous issues homework takes us a long time!! It takes at least 2 hours per night. In addition to the homework I have noticed that additional work is being sent home and that work is not listed on the teachers website. When I approached the in class support teacher she is not straightforward with me. Today she told me that she is trying to space out his work and give him a head start so he has less on his plate through the process. How is it less on his plate when it is being sent home for me to work on with him? I have hired one of the resource room teachers to work with him after school and was told that the in class support is giving her work to do that he is not completing in class. I have tried to speak with the in class support about how long the work takes him and she basically told me she could not believe it. The case manager is even worse to deal with so I am at a crossroads. I think that my son is already stressed with the homework why send him additional work. Is there another perspective that I am missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 I would really talk to the teacher as they are the one responsible for supervising the class room support teachers I believe. That is how it is in Canada. Also here children can either be on a modified program if they can't do the same grade level or as I would suspect your son needs, they can be on an adapted program. Meaning they do the same work, maybe in a different way like typed, or they get more time to do it or they do less of the work like half of the math questions so the teacher can see they still know what they are doing, they are just doing less. The teacher is the one grading him so she is truly the one responsible for what work he gets and it should be decided with her what adaptation can be made and she can instruct the aide on how to adapt his work. Hope that helps. > > Hi Everyone, > > I was wondering whether any of you had experienced incomplete classwork being sent home to complete. My son is an 11 year old with Aspergers, auditory processing, visual processing, attention and other learning disabilities who is mainstreamed with an aide. He is in 5th grade and has been getting a lot of homework. Because of his numerous issues homework takes us a long time!! It takes at least 2 hours per night. In addition to the homework I have noticed that additional work is being sent home and that work is not listed on the teachers website. When I approached the in class support teacher she is not straightforward with me. Today she told me that she is trying to space out his work and give him a head start so he has less on his plate through the process. How is it less on his plate when it is being sent home for me to work on with him? > > I have hired one of the resource room teachers to work with him after school and was told that the in class support is giving her work to do that he is not completing in class. I have tried to speak with the in class support about how long the work takes him and she basically told me she could not believe it. The case manager is even worse to deal with so I am at a crossroads. > > I think that my son is already stressed with the homework why send him additional work. Is there another perspective that I am missing? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Teachers sometimes have a hard time understanding how much the school day takes out of our kids and why it is so hard for them to do lots of homework. is so done after school that we don't do all the work and I modify the work we do to be more appropriate for him. Could you talk to the teacher and let her know how hard it is (maybe keep a log for a week listing the work you do with him and how long each thing takes.). Maybe you could modify the work. If he is supposed to write 10 sentences maybe he could write 5 or do half the math problems? If he gets to stressed out it could result in really bad behaviors etc.. I would call for a revision of his IEP and add a homework limit or something similar. If they cannot get the work done at school they shouldn't be sending it home or to his tutor unless this has been arranged between you and the teacher. I hope you get this worked out soon, Kellie From: luz velez <luzadrianna1970@...>Aspergers Treatment ; autism-awareness-action ; autism ; mosaic-list ; SPEDlaw Moderator <reedmartinspedlaw-owner >; njfamilieswautism Sent: Mon, October 26, 2009 3:12:21 PMSubject: Classwork sent Home Hi Everyone, I was wondering whether any of you had experienced incomplete classwork being sent home to complete. My son is an 11 year old with Aspergers, auditory processing, visual processing, attention and other learning disabilities who is mainstreamed with an aide. He is in 5th grade and has been getting a lot of homework. Because of his numerous issues homework takes us a long time!! It takes at least 2 hours per night. In addition to the homework I have noticed that additional work is being sent home and that work is not listed on the teachers website. When I approached the in class support teacher she is not straightforward with me. Today she told me that she is trying to space out his work and give him a head start so he has less on his plate through the process. How is it less on his plate when it is being sent home for me to work on with him? I have hired one of the resource room teachers to work with him after school and was told that the in class support is giving her work to do that he is not completing in class. I have tried to speak with the in class support about how long the work takes him and she basically told me she could not believe it. The case manager is even worse to deal with so I am at a crossroads. I think that my son is already stressed with the homework why send him additional work. Is there another perspective that I am missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Teachers sometimes have a hard time understanding how much the school day takes out of our kids and why it is so hard for them to do lots of homework. is so done after school that we don't do all the work and I modify the work we do to be more appropriate for him. Could you talk to the teacher and let her know how hard it is (maybe keep a log for a week listing the work you do with him and how long each thing takes.). Maybe you could modify the work. If he is supposed to write 10 sentences maybe he could write 5 or do half the math problems? If he gets to stressed out it could result in really bad behaviors etc.. I would call for a revision of his IEP and add a homework limit or something similar. If they cannot get the work done at school they shouldn't be sending it home or to his tutor unless this has been arranged between you and the teacher. I hope you get this worked out soon, Kellie From: luz velez <luzadrianna1970@...>Aspergers Treatment ; autism-awareness-action ; autism ; mosaic-list ; SPEDlaw Moderator <reedmartinspedlaw-owner >; njfamilieswautism Sent: Mon, October 26, 2009 3:12:21 PMSubject: Classwork sent Home Hi Everyone, I was wondering whether any of you had experienced incomplete classwork being sent home to complete. My son is an 11 year old with Aspergers, auditory processing, visual processing, attention and other learning disabilities who is mainstreamed with an aide. He is in 5th grade and has been getting a lot of homework. Because of his numerous issues homework takes us a long time!! It takes at least 2 hours per night. In addition to the homework I have noticed that additional work is being sent home and that work is not listed on the teachers website. When I approached the in class support teacher she is not straightforward with me. Today she told me that she is trying to space out his work and give him a head start so he has less on his plate through the process. How is it less on his plate when it is being sent home for me to work on with him? I have hired one of the resource room teachers to work with him after school and was told that the in class support is giving her work to do that he is not completing in class. I have tried to speak with the in class support about how long the work takes him and she basically told me she could not believe it. The case manager is even worse to deal with so I am at a crossroads. I think that my son is already stressed with the homework why send him additional work. Is there another perspective that I am missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 They need to be doing modification on his work if he can not complete it at school. His homework should also be modified. I would call for an emergency IEP meeting and I would also ask to have his aid changed if she is becoming a problem. I have also seen teacher keep students from doing things like PE and music so they can finish their work. I forbid this because our children need the extra circular activites for cordination, and social skills. Holly. From: Kellie <folkangel@...>Subject: Re: Classwork sent Homeautism Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 5:46 PM Teachers sometimes have a hard time understanding how much the school day takes out of our kids and why it is so hard for them to do lots of homework. is so done after school that we don't do all the work and I modify the work we do to be more appropriate for him. Could you talk to the teacher and let her know how hard it is (maybe keep a log for a week listing the work you do with him and how long each thing takes.). Maybe you could modify the work. If he is supposed to write 10 sentences maybe he could write 5 or do half the math problems? If he gets to stressed out it could result in really bad behaviors etc.. I would call for a revision of his IEP and add a homework limit or something similar. If they cannot get the work done at school they shouldn't be sending it home or to his tutor unless this has been arranged between you and the teacher. I hope you get this worked out soon, Kellie From: luz velez <luzadrianna1970>Aspergers Treatment; autism-awareness- action@grou ps.com; AutismBehaviorProbl emsgroups (DOT) com; mosaic-list; SPEDlaw Moderator <reedmartinspedlaw- owner@group s.com>; njfamilieswautismSent: Mon, October 26, 2009 3:12:21 PMSubject: Classwork sent Home Hi Everyone, I was wondering whether any of you had experienced incomplete classwork being sent home to complete. My son is an 11 year old with Aspergers, auditory processing, visual processing, attention and other learning disabilities who is mainstreamed with an aide. He is in 5th grade and has been getting a lot of homework. Because of his numerous issues homework takes us a long time!! It takes at least 2 hours per night. In addition to the homework I have noticed that additional work is being sent home and that work is not listed on the teachers website. When I approached the in class support teacher she is not straightforward with me. Today she told me that she is trying to space out his work and give him a head start so he has less on his plate through the process. How is it less on his plate when it is being sent home for me to work on with him? I have hired one of the resource room teachers to work with him after school and was told that the in class support is giving her work to do that he is not completing in class. I have tried to speak with the in class support about how long the work takes him and she basically told me she could not believe it. The case manager is even worse to deal with so I am at a crossroads. I think that my son is already stressed with the homework why send him additional work. Is there another perspective that I am missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 They need to be doing modification on his work if he can not complete it at school. His homework should also be modified. I would call for an emergency IEP meeting and I would also ask to have his aid changed if she is becoming a problem. I have also seen teacher keep students from doing things like PE and music so they can finish their work. I forbid this because our children need the extra circular activites for cordination, and social skills. Holly. From: Kellie <folkangel@...>Subject: Re: Classwork sent Homeautism Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 5:46 PM Teachers sometimes have a hard time understanding how much the school day takes out of our kids and why it is so hard for them to do lots of homework. is so done after school that we don't do all the work and I modify the work we do to be more appropriate for him. Could you talk to the teacher and let her know how hard it is (maybe keep a log for a week listing the work you do with him and how long each thing takes.). Maybe you could modify the work. If he is supposed to write 10 sentences maybe he could write 5 or do half the math problems? If he gets to stressed out it could result in really bad behaviors etc.. I would call for a revision of his IEP and add a homework limit or something similar. If they cannot get the work done at school they shouldn't be sending it home or to his tutor unless this has been arranged between you and the teacher. I hope you get this worked out soon, Kellie From: luz velez <luzadrianna1970>Aspergers Treatment; autism-awareness- action@grou ps.com; AutismBehaviorProbl emsgroups (DOT) com; mosaic-list; SPEDlaw Moderator <reedmartinspedlaw- owner@group s.com>; njfamilieswautismSent: Mon, October 26, 2009 3:12:21 PMSubject: Classwork sent Home Hi Everyone, I was wondering whether any of you had experienced incomplete classwork being sent home to complete. My son is an 11 year old with Aspergers, auditory processing, visual processing, attention and other learning disabilities who is mainstreamed with an aide. He is in 5th grade and has been getting a lot of homework. Because of his numerous issues homework takes us a long time!! It takes at least 2 hours per night. In addition to the homework I have noticed that additional work is being sent home and that work is not listed on the teachers website. When I approached the in class support teacher she is not straightforward with me. Today she told me that she is trying to space out his work and give him a head start so he has less on his plate through the process. How is it less on his plate when it is being sent home for me to work on with him? I have hired one of the resource room teachers to work with him after school and was told that the in class support is giving her work to do that he is not completing in class. I have tried to speak with the in class support about how long the work takes him and she basically told me she could not believe it. The case manager is even worse to deal with so I am at a crossroads. I think that my son is already stressed with the homework why send him additional work. Is there another perspective that I am missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Does your son have an IEP? It sounds like it. If so I would write a note to each teacher (and give a call too) and tell them you are modifiying his homework and why. Let them know your son is in major distress. Let them know in writing that you don't want your son remprimanded for not turning in all his homework. That you are asking for an IEP meeting. Then write a letter to his case manager and ask for an IEP meeting to discuss getting a modififed homework into his IEP. Be clear. Be concrete. Not wishy washy. He has to have a homework modification. He can't cope after school with so much work. He needs to rest too. It may risk school attendance and his emotional health to force him anymore. Be clear in the interest of his health he must have a homework modification. This is one of the easiest accomodations to get usually because it doesn't cost them money. If they can't manage this in a mainstream classroom (I assume he is in a mainstream classroom) then he needs to be placed in classrooms that have in class support teacher. My daughter has had homework modifications since 3rd grade and this year I advocated for no homework. She has to get rest. She was so frazzeled last winter from work she totally shutdown in March and couldn't cope with school pressure. Kids shouldn't be pushed this hard when they have issues to cope with. good luck, pam You don't want this titThis ishe cahe You iaer casethe director let them Then ecthe right a note with his homework and would modify your son's homework for him. You could tell him to just do odd number problems if that helps. You could ask fodds, or s o to > > Hi Everyone, > > I was wondering whether any of you had experienced incomplete classwork being sent home to complete. My son is an 11 year old with Aspergers, auditory processing, visual processing, attention and other learning disabilities who is mainstreamed with an aide. He is in 5th grade and has been getting a lot of homework. Because of his numerous issues homework takes us a long time!! It takes at least 2 hours per night. In addition to the homework I have noticed that additional work is being sent home and that work is not listed on the teachers website. When I approached the in class support teacher she is not straightforward with me. Today she told me that she is trying to space out his work and give him a head start so he has less on his plate through the process. How is it less on his plate when it is being sent home for me to work on with him? > > I have hired one of the resource room teachers to work with him after school and was told that the in class support is giving her work to do that he is not completing in class. I have tried to speak with the in class support about how long the work takes him and she basically told me she could not believe it. The case manager is even worse to deal with so I am at a crossroads. > > I think that my son is already stressed with the homework why send him additional work. Is there another perspective that I am missing? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hello there, My son is the same way and cannot handle all the homework. He tends to get overwhelmed by it and it causes him alot of anxiety. So what I did is banned the homework at home and he only works on school work at school. I have told the school this and I can tell you that my son has an IEP plan and in it it says that his work is modified and he only has to some of the work content on the assignment. Such as if the homework requires him to answer 10 questions, he only has to do 5 those questions. I would suggest that you go to the teacher or maybe even higher up such as the principal and explain the situation and ask for changes to be made in regards to his homework. I hope that helps. a in Canada Aspergers Treatment ; autism-awareness-action ; autism ; mosaic-list ; reedmartinspedlaw-owner ; njfamilieswautism From: luzadrianna1970@...Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:12:21 -0700Subject: ( ) Classwork sent Home Hi Everyone, I was wondering whether any of you had experienced incomplete classwork being sent home to complete. My son is an 11 year old with Aspergers, auditory processing, visual processing, attention and other learning disabilities who is mainstreamed with an aide. He is in 5th grade and has been getting a lot of homework. Because of his numerous issues homework takes us a long time!! It takes at least 2 hours per night. In addition to the homework I have noticed that additional work is being sent home and that work is not listed on the teachers website. When I approached the in class support teacher she is not straightforward with me. Today she told me that she is trying to space out his work and give him a head start so he has less on his plate through the process. How is it less on his plate when it is being sent home for me to work on with him? I have hired one of the resource room teachers to work with him after school and was told that the in class support is giving her work to do that he is not completing in class. I have tried to speak with the in class support about how long the work takes him and she basically told me she could not believe it. The case manager is even worse to deal with so I am at a crossroads. I think that my son is already stressed with the homework why send him additional work. Is there another perspective that I am missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. CDN College or University student? Get Windows 7 for only $39.99 before Jan 3! Buy it now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 If your son can't finish his work in class, then he shouldn't be punished for his disability (slow processing speed, poor motor skills, problems understanding verbal instructions, executive functioning). It sounds like he needs some more accommodations in place so he can be more successful at school. It could be something like being able to get up and wiggle around for a bit when he has problems focusing. Maybe he needs something to fidget with. When my son was in grade school, teachers often sent the work that wasn't done in the classroom home with him. If I knew then what I know now, I would not have made my son struggle with hours of homework at night, plus trying to finish the worksheets that he didn't finish during the day. I would have added something in the IEP that says he will do X minutes of homework per night and no more. Plus something like his math assignments will be modified to have a few representative questions, instead of several pages of similar problems. Sometimes my son struggled with worksheets because he knew the answers already and he didn't know how to show his work because to him the answer seemed to obvious. Maybe you could ask someone to observe how the teacher interacts with your child. Is she really explaining what to do step by step? Is she taking away recess or lunch time to make him complete worksheets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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