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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is he receiving appropriate services?  Are his IEP goals designed to remediate or is he only getting accommodations?  I think you should meet with the school and talk about whether he needs some different kinds of support.  The biggest question is WHY does he do so poorly on tests and is there anything that can be done about it?  (tests read out loud to him, use of a scribe, extra time).  Is the tutoring he is getting designed to remediate or is it working on study skills?  How much time per week?[/quote]

IEP is both remediation and accommodations.  He gets all the accommodations he needs -- tests read out loud, extra time, scribe if needed, etc.  But at the end of the day he just has trouble, especially in math remembering what to do.  I think part of it is testing anxiety but the other part is his executive functioning issues where he can't get his head together to think straight.  He gets support in math and reading each day then his special ed teacher has up to 1 hr additional each day to either work with him in another class, tutor him at recess or review work with him.  So really he gets 3 hours a day of special ed.  Then I have a tutor who works with him in math twice a week for 1 hour each time.  He also goes to school early one day a week for tutoring with his math teacher. We also have him on ADHD meds which have worked really well for him just on his ability to concentrate.

I really try not to stress him out too much.  He willingly gets up to go to tutoring and never fights me on actually doing the work.  He says his brain just gets scrambled and he can't think straight especially when testing.  I am hoping that as he feels more confident with his ability that may not happen? I think my biggest problem is that school was easy for me so I am not sure what I should do to support him.  I was expected to get As, so I got As.  But maybe that expectation is too much for him?  Perhaps he is just a C student which is completely fine with me, I just don't know how much I should push him.  I want him to feel like he is succeeding even if he is only getting a C.

Yes, the thought that we are still dealing with this in 6th grade makes me sad.  He is beautiful and engaging and kind and just a really sweet kid to be around.  You just can't see that reflected in his work.[/quote]

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