Elementary school organization- mcps

[Anonymous]

The elementary school refuses to fully help 5th grade ds with adhd, ld, and other disabilities organize. I have had a lawyer, advocate and administrative review and am still sol (504 plan). I'm done fighting the school for very limited outcomes with countless hours wasted

After many meetings
-they will send home an extra copy of materials like long term books to read or spelling quizzes

-they will not
-help him get his notebooks, agenda book or graded work home.

He has had a visual in the past for packing up but that didn't help as he has other visuals (i.e . learning) and I think he just ignored them.

What is the best way I can get his materials home so I can review his work with him.

Would a binder system be better than notebooks? If you have a system that works let me know

[Anonymous]

Pick him up from school, check the bag, send him back in if he forgot something.

[Anonymous]

my child's grade teacher "I can't babysit your child, they should be able to remember by now"

Us: "We are not asking you to babysit our child. We are asking you to follow the law/IEP"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pick him up from school, check the bag, send him back in if he forgot something.

I'm almost positive the elementary school won't let the kids back in once they've exited thr building

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pick him up from school, check the bag, send him back in if he forgot something.

I'm almost positive the elementary school won't let the kids back in once they've exited thr building

Then you park the car and pick them up 10 minutes early every day.

[Anonymous]

Is your child going to be 5th grader in the fall?

- get a big backpack and ask your kid to put/dump everything in his backpack daily even though they could be scrap paper
- friend with some parent at same class and ask for kid's favors to check for him within class
- ask teacher for help at the beginning of class. If she/he is willing to do it, send her/him a nice basket (goodie and giiftcard) .
- laminate a big paper for a list of things to check before he goes home

That is all I could think of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would a binder system be better than notebooks? If you have a system that works let me know

Our kid preferred the binder system, and was much more on top of his papers when the teachers used that system. It could be harder to implement if the rest of the class isn't doing it because the papers won't come from the teacher ready with three holes punched into them. But opening and closing different folders was always a bridge farther than flipping to the binder tab.

[Anonymous]

At that age, I was doing a few things that worked.

- having my son pick his own system. We’d talk through what was needed and then go to Staples so he could pick a system. This was most effective if done two or so weeks into the school year.

- identifying the place for everything. There was never a question as to where something needed to be or what needed to come home because specifically discussed it and identified where in the binder it needed to go. (We included things like water bottles and gloves so that personal items didn’t get lost or forgotten).

- laminated checklists with a wax pencil to go in the front of the binder. Contents of the checklist were made by my son because he knew what cues he needed to be sure everything come home.

By fifth grade I felt like my son should start to take responsibility for his own accommodations. He really responded to this approach.

With an IEP, you can get a goal to manage the backpack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pick him up from school, check the bag, send him back in if he forgot something.

I'm almost positive the elementary school won't let the kids back in once they've exited thr building

It depends if there are staff there. We went back maybe 3 times in ES for things and usually got it.