Totally unmotivated to do work but admitted into AAP

[Anonymous]

I would try next year to try to help keep him organized. I found that 3rd was a big transition with the kids writing down their own assignments and being responsible to know when assignments are due (2 or 3 weeks out) and what the assignment parameters were. Much less hand holding for the parents. Teachers just tell the kids things instead of lots of email or newsletters to the parents. (just my experience). You probably want to try to keep on top of that to help DC.

[Anonymous]

I have a 4th grade ds in AAP. He also has ADHD combined type. Academically, he is doing great. He still struggles with attention, organization, impulsivity, etc. Actually, I had hoped that the more advanced curriculum would make him have to stay more engaged due to being better suited to his academic level. What we found was that those areas he struggled with that I listed above were still there, and in some ways to a higher degree this year due to more responsibility to remember things on his own (perhaps that is a 4th grade thing). We have a 504 plan in place. In the end, I had a long discussion with the committee at his 504 on whether they felt I should pull him to make his ADHD easier to manage, and they unequivocally said no. He got straight A's all year (and 0's and G's for effort) in all of the areas on the upper portion of the report card (academics, art, music, PE, etc.) On the lower part(where the organization and such is listed), we started with N's, S's, and G's, and ended up with S's and G's. So, I guess in short, AAP was not the magic bullet with regard to making the ADHD symptoms go away, but my ds has certainly found his niche academically. The other areas, we just keep working on. Our teacher was pretty good about putting assignments on blackboard, which helped us keep things in check.