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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My two kids have HFA, and one of them had an IEP for severe ADHD, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and low processing speed on top of his autism. He was medicated for his ADHD all throughout middle and high school, otherwise his focus was non-existent. He also had 50%, then 100% extra time. He still has extended time in college.

None had trouble with instruction or tests conducted with screens, however.

I think your kid's current problems stem from inattention, or other issues not directly to do with a socio-emotional communication disorder.

Maybe a more complete evaluation is in order.[/quote]

With all due respect, your kids did not have to deal with the clusterf*ck that is computer based learning in 2026.

OP I think you need to get an IEP and the IEP needs to include home-school communication provisions that allow you to better monitor the in-class assignments on a daily basis and provide him with more *daily* checkins from the teachers to make sure he knows what he needs to do and has any issues with the app resolved. Getting the C in math shows he is not accessing the curriculum. [/quote]

Excuse me, my youngest just turned 16 and has been learning on a chromebook since Kindergarten. My oldest lived through high school pandemic learning, exclusively on his chromebook, and did well.

I don't know why you think computer based learning in 2026 is worse than in previous years. It just isn't.

To OP, given your follow-up, he clearly has an attention problem. He needs to understand that when he works on a graded assignment in class, or has a test, he is NOT ALLOWED to do anything else during that time, until he hits submit. None of that "but I was working on something else" stuff. He needs to re-read each question at least twice, and ask for extra time SYSTEMATICALLY, or you need to change the 504 to get your kid on an automatic 50% extra time category.  He's also not allowed to hit submit until he goes through the whole test/assignment to check he's completed all questions.

If he cannot follow-through, he needs an evaluation for ADHD, including a test of his processing speed (processing speed is tested on a WISC, ie, an IQ test).

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