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[quote=Anonymous]I'm wondering if anyone has advice about how to have a constructive conversation with our child's school about actions related to "learning skills" on the report card.

Every year, we see our now 4th grader's morale lag as the year progresses and he sees his teacher's assessment of his various "learning skills" shift from DEM to PRG. He has a 504 for ADHD but receives no accommodations other than his teacher's awareness of the need for a hand on the shoulder to redirect/focus. He struggles with social cues and can be impulsive but also struggles to know how to stand up for himself when blamed by other children for actions in which they were involved too. He's had things like a behavior chart, etc. in the past but he doesn't typically even really need one until the third quarter when the stress of feeling like he sees himself as a "bad" kid starts to bubble over based on things like the report card, etc.

For families with children whose learning skills are labelled as "progressing" or "not yet evident" have you been able to work with your child's school to encourage things like "classroom meetings" or other such whole classroom approaches to ensuring all children feel welcomed and included? Any other advice for us? Our child is clearly feeling excluded and sad and the school does not seem interested in helping.

Any/all advice welcomed. [/quote]

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