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[quote=Anonymous]What worked best supporting my neuro-diverse student was to check in once a week in a positive way without micro-managing grades.  This gave the space to my kid to tell me when he was having problems.  In college, I tried to normalize having problems - many people fail classes or have a tough semester for one reason or another and still graduate.  I told him about other family members who had trouble in college and turned out to be successful humans, which was helpful.

My role is to be positive and support and help him problem solve, encourage him to keep trying and let him know that he is not in trouble and I do not think less of him if he does poorly in a class.

In the end, he did have some poor grades -- very sick one semester, trouble with some classes another semester, etc.  But, he found something he likes and figured out how to do well at it and will graduate next year.

I really think kids in college need space to mess up and recover, because that is what happens in life. [/quote]

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