Re: Homework- modified

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My son has modified HW too. Most of the time I don't have too many nightmares

with him. My daughter, though, is able to hold herself together at school all

day then freaks out at night. She has a 504 without any accomodations but that

will soon be changing with the help of some folks at Easterseals.

OMG, I can't tell you how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE Easterseals. If you have one

near you, check it out. They sometimes have free activities. We've been doing

Friday Fun Days every week at a local pool. It's free for anyone who is a

family member or friend of a person with autism. This is an autism support

activity. Though I doubt they'd turn away anyone with other disabilities.

Everyone is totally welcome. We also did some mini-golf at reduced rates

($3/person and $1 for a snack which is some local amazing ice cream!)

Both of my kids have done OT at Easterseals and Rayleigh is seeing a play

therapist there. These services are not free but I think there may be a deal

for people who have low incomes where they have a sliding scale.

I'm off topic. 's homework is modified by teachers, the para, the special

ed teacher and by me. If I think something is just too much then I send an

email and doesn't lose points. If we're involved in sports or afterschool

activities then the school switches things around so gets less homework

those evenings. We have a great school here.

Miriam

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> Hi All

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> I saw quite a few people mentioned homework nightmares and just wanted to

share that Blaise has it written in his IEP that we can do some parts of

homework or none at all to avoid frustration, He just finished kindergarten and

he was already like some of you mentioned- ripping the papers, refusing to read,

crunching them up and throwing them across the room. Well, we have a girl who is

8 and needs attention with her homework too, so we decided to take advantage of

his IEP and just do as much as we can with him- it lowers Mom and Dad's

frustration, too! I come home from work at 6- 6:30  and I don't want to spend

the little amount of time I have with my kids battling over homework. ly,

in the end I don't really care about their grades, I just want them to be happy,

enjoy their childhood as much as possible, be good friends, be respectful, and

have good self esteem,

> Normally I would hate to do just part of something, but I thought long and

hard about this and decided to put my perfectionism aside in regards to

homework, I can imagine him eventually going to a special school here in MN

called Lions Gate for kids with autism or attending school on line. I'm trying

to stay openminded about his education and consider different options. I was not

a big fan of school myself so I'm more interested in him having life skills,

learning how to cope, and to take good care of himself.

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> Patty

> and  I have Sheridon 8 RTS and Blaise 6 Spitfire-ASD           

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