Years ago, before my son was diagnosed with ADHD, I was sure he was the only child that completed his homework each night but hardly ever received credit for it. The homework papers just never seemed to make it to the classroom and to the teacher.
Often I would find homework in places around...
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Homework helps
vicki hess
Saturday, October 04, 2008 at 09:55 AM
As a classroom teacher and a parent of a ADHD student. I understand the frustrations completely. Most of the tips were almost common sense and would work well for any student. However, I found one of the suggestions to be unacceptable at the middle school or elementary level...the idea of emailing assignments to the teacher. Isn't student responsibility what we're trying to build? How does this help if we are by-passing the student altogether in the process? It places the burden of responsibility on the parent and teacher. How does this help the child? The only advantage I can see is that it will result in a higher grade for the student. If the student hasn't honestly earned it with his own hard work and responsibility, isn't it a rather inflated grade?
As a classroom teacher and a parent of a ADHD student. I understand the frustrations completely. Most of the tips were almost common sense and would work well for any student. However, I found one of the suggestions to be unacceptable at the middle school or elementary level...the idea of emailing assignments to the teacher. Isn't student responsibility what we're trying to build? How does this help if we are by-passing the student altogether in the process? It places the burden of responsibility on the parent and teacher. How does this help the child? The only advantage I can see is that it will result in a higher grade for the student. If the student hasn't honestly earned it with his own hard work and responsibility, isn't it a rather inflated grade?