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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an important skill and will be needed for college.  AND, schools never want to go the extra mile on their own, we have experienced.

This issue was spelled out in my son's IEP.

He was provided--by the school--a homework, exam, quiz, etc. Planner for the semester.

And each day he had a one-pager planning sheet.

At the end of each class, he wrote down pertinent information on that day's Daily Planning Sheet for the class.

Then, at the end of the day, he had a resource period with other IEP students.

Students would take their Daily planning sheet and transfer that information into their Semester Planner, along with the appropriate due dates.   Turning in homework assignments was reviewed.

The Resource Teacher would check the Daily sheet against the Semester planning booklet.   Students would earn a point for completing this task, and then either do homework or finish up testing for which they were approved extra time.

This Resource Class was scheduled as part of my son's coursework and a benefit of the IEP.  It was not mandatory (i.e., once your kid got this process down, they did not need to take a resource course in subsequent semesters).

My student's exec. function skills flourished as a result of this process and class.

I never signed into the MCPS program to review his homework submissions, test dates, etc.

To this day, he manages his own workload/deadlines in college.  I am so relieved not to be eyeballs deep each day online in his academic world.  I know many parents who "sign in" as their student to monitor progress.

There may be many paths to a solution that is right for your family.  I am just sharing our experience.

Good luck OP!    
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This sounds amazing and I agree with the other poster who said all schools should support things like this.

This is what college is like, if I remember correctly.  A syllabus was given out I'm each class that listed the exams, projects, reading etc.  It makes me wonder why school is so much more difficult for a young public school student.
I think history will scoff at the way public school is run currently. It's truly a hot mess and no one has the balls to fix it.[/quote]

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