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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve had a few students like this. It’s not acceptable that he refuses to try and doesn’t follow directions, disability or not. I would have the school team develop a behavioral plan around this in tandem with you. He needs to have clearly defined behavior expectations at school and he should be earning points for complying. He should bring home a copy of the day’s behavior every day, or have it emailed to you. There should be rewards built in for effort on his part, and consequences for not cooperating. The time he wastes at school should be paid back at home during his free time. If he spends twenty minutes reading at school and not writing, then he spends twenty minutes in a chair in your living room doing nothing. He owes the time.

A kid I had once said he could tell the other kids were writing and he was going to be last to finish, and he was freaking about that and shut down. Ask if he can do the writing in a private room.

Have someone that is not a patent or teacher ask him what his thoughts or feelings are at writing time. Try to understand his views that way.

He sounds a little rigid, and you might need a therapist to work on that.

At this age, you are right to be concerned. He needs to follow directions. I’d require him to do double the assignment at home if not done at school. He’d have no privileges or dessert or screen time until he complied. I know there are underlying issues that make this hard, but he still needs to follow directions.[/quote]

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