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[quote=Anonymous]OP here - thanks, everyone! Please do keep the thoughts coming.

Quick responses - we don't make a big deal about the report card. In fact, he only sees it because it comes home in paper form from school. And, we've recently identified a therapist for him. So, these suggestions are much appreciated and in line with what we're doing. We also hold family meetings weekly, talk about being thoughtful members of our communities - including the school, and we model restorative practices at home.

I guess I'm really trying to get at the fact that the "learning skills" on the report card is a small thing but it feels like one where there is no real action on the part of the school in response to the challenges identified for a child with clear ADHD who is feeling excluded from his classroom/school community and is responding in that way. His teacher is lovely but clear that "her hands are tied" when it comes to the free-for-all happening at lunch and recess - which seems to be where many of the challenges are starting that then carry over to how our child acts in the classroom. None of his behavior has been super serious but all of it clearly indicates how he feels ostracized (and we see much bigger flare-ups of frustration at home).

I'm not looking for the school to address this for us or without us, but they haven't seemed interested in the fact that deterioration in "performance" on learning skills is an indicator that there are some things happening in the school environment resulting in a kid - that for two quarters was demonstrating effort/motivation/persistence (etc) - no longer doing so.[/quote]

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