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<blockquote data-quote="Wonderful Family" data-source="post: 241371"><p>Do what you can/afford (e.g., tutors); but don't let it impact the home environment. We forced difficult child for many years - end result was many tears and too many heart aches. It wasn't worth it. difficult child is a different story now; he's in a Special Education private school - no homework. But for easy child, we are in public schools; but we cut at the first sign of real tears until he is ready to do more. Even if it means almost no homework that week. They finally got the hint a few weeks ago that we don't do homework on weekends.</p><p> </p><p>easy child has learning disabilities; but SD won't pay for it. Rather than forcing easy child through extensive tutoring to pass the standardized testing next month; we'll focus on regular homework (which he does just fine for the most part). Teacher was told last week that they were expecting things easy child can't do. If he can't do what he needs; this will help provide him with the necessary resources. Our SD is unlikely to hold him back unless he fails elsewhere too. The focus here is on test scores. </p><p> </p><p>Document anything you have from docs as well as the child's response in an objective way to present to the SD. This will help them to make appropriate assessments; and put you in a more objective spot when you meet with them. It was 5th grade before we could get an IEP for difficult child; but we were fighting for it beginning in K; and they should be paying for private school.</p><p> </p><p>If the school listens to some degree; but are bogged down in other stuff while you work on an IEP or other; talk with the adminstrators and explain your daughter and how she learns. It's not always the local school's fault; they have to work within the system; especially for younger kids from what we saw. This worked for K and 1st grade for difficult child to a large degree because difficult child was placed in classes that had teachers with Special Education training. Unfortunately, we then moved out of state beginning in 2nd grade and had real issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wonderful Family, post: 241371"] Do what you can/afford (e.g., tutors); but don't let it impact the home environment. We forced difficult child for many years - end result was many tears and too many heart aches. It wasn't worth it. difficult child is a different story now; he's in a Special Education private school - no homework. But for easy child, we are in public schools; but we cut at the first sign of real tears until he is ready to do more. Even if it means almost no homework that week. They finally got the hint a few weeks ago that we don't do homework on weekends. easy child has learning disabilities; but SD won't pay for it. Rather than forcing easy child through extensive tutoring to pass the standardized testing next month; we'll focus on regular homework (which he does just fine for the most part). Teacher was told last week that they were expecting things easy child can't do. If he can't do what he needs; this will help provide him with the necessary resources. Our SD is unlikely to hold him back unless he fails elsewhere too. The focus here is on test scores. Document anything you have from docs as well as the child's response in an objective way to present to the SD. This will help them to make appropriate assessments; and put you in a more objective spot when you meet with them. It was 5th grade before we could get an IEP for difficult child; but we were fighting for it beginning in K; and they should be paying for private school. If the school listens to some degree; but are bogged down in other stuff while you work on an IEP or other; talk with the adminstrators and explain your daughter and how she learns. It's not always the local school's fault; they have to work within the system; especially for younger kids from what we saw. This worked for K and 1st grade for difficult child to a large degree because difficult child was placed in classes that had teachers with Special Education training. Unfortunately, we then moved out of state beginning in 2nd grade and had real issues. [/QUOTE]
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