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[quote=Anonymous]DS started middle school this year.  He has an IEP for ADHD and LD's.  His teachers have been proactive from the beginning.  Unfortunately, DS is off to a bad start.  The school has put a great system in place - one consistent with the "success strategy" that we developed with him.  DS is actively resisting it.  For example, he is refusing to show us his agenda and go through his backpack after school, to help prioritize assignments.  He yells and has tantrums about it.  The result is that, at 8:45 last night, after working on an assignment that's not due till next week, he suddenly showed us an assignment for another class due today.  He didn't do it.  He claimed that he'll do it in his homeroom this morning but, knowing about his challenges, we're fairly certain that this won't happen.

For those who perhaps have been there, do you just let your child fail?  We're prepared to do this - he's certainly going to have consequences for both the behavior and not completing his work.  He also refuses to make use of accommodations/work-arounds designed to help him.

As parents, we are at the point of mild desperation.  He doesn't seem to "get" logical consequences or, at the least, doesn't seem to care.  It's sad because, besides us, he actually has teachers who care but he seems to want to do nothing to help himself.

FWIW, he is on ADHD medication and, according to reports from school, it's working just fine - but he is (and always has been - even from a young age) resistant to doing work or demonstrating what he knows.

Advice?[/quote]

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