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[quote=Anonymous]I was surprised that our elementary school publishes a list of special awards given to children who receive 6 or & Is on their report card. I counted the numbers of names and 85% of the kids in 1 st grade received an award and their names were published in the newsletter. I have a SN kids but his issue is a speech delay which does not affect any of the behavior categories. He was thrilled to get the award, be in the newsletter, and was proud to get all I s so I can see the value. However, it occurred to me that this is very unfair to any SN kids who have developmental reasons for why following instructions, relating to peers, listening etc is more difficult. I have friends with kids who have sensory, mild spectrum, ADHD or other issues where some of these categories would be a real struggle for their child.

I feel strange saying anything to the school because the unfairness doesn't directly impact my child. My experience with schools is that they often don't welcome anyone pointing out that what they are doing may need to be reconsidered. I do know a few of the other moms whose kids names are not on the list and whose kids do have SN issues. I don't feel that I know them well enough to say anything and would hate to bring this up if they are already bothered by it.

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