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[quote=Anonymous]When you do speak to the teacher, you might ask if the students are given a deadline for completing class work, like “You need to finish this by 10:15,” so that your child understands that it needs to be done right away. Many students stay focused more easily with a visual timer that you can set for a certain amount of time and the child can see the red block disappearing as time elapses. 
It’s also possible that the classroom is noisy or distracting in some way. Perhaps your child’s seat is placed so that can see another child working on a computer screen, or something like that. After you meet with the teacher, you can ask that the guidance counselor do an observation to see what information might be gleaned and how your child’s seat compares with classmates.

You can also help your child’s set a goal of completing work on time, so long as the time is clearly outlined by the teacher, and also discuss with your child’s set what happens in class during work time. You can say that you are trying to remember what it was like at that age, and say something like you once sat next to a kid who always tapped their pencil and you found it hard to focus, or something like that. Ask specific questions about the whole class experience of both your kid and the teacher. [/quote]

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