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[quote=Anonymous]I have a child with similar issues in Arlington Public Schools and have found it very helpful to address these types of things directly with the teachers AND to sit down with my son to have him brainstorm his own solutions.  This has been an issue since second grade and so far none of his teachers have been inflexible and insisted that he stick exactly to the prescribed organization system.

Not every kid is the same and things change over time so you need to be open to trying new things and moving on if you don't at first succeed.  For example, in 7th grade we have moved from multiple binders (in 6th grade) to one binder, and this has been GREAT for my son, because previously he was constantly mixing his binders up and bringing the wrong ones home/to class.

We have managed to work out creative solutions to most of his issues but the key has always been for me to talk my son through each step of the day to find out exactly where the "sticking points" are and then try to figure out a solution.  For example, last year it turned out that he visited his locker three times a day to pick up materials for the next chunk of classes, but he was grabbing the wrong stuff.  We solved this by putting different colored tape on all his materials that corresponded to each of the three "chunks" of the day, so he could just look in his locker and think, "ok, it's after lunch so grab everything orange" without having to think about it.

Rather than asking his teacher to write his homework, can I suggest that you consider starting with him trying to write it down and then having the teacher to an agenda check to supplement?  This way he at least can work on developing the habit with the teacher acting as a backup.  This worked well for my son. [/quote]

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