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[quote=Anonymous]DS, despite an IEP (for LD's and ADHD), really got little effective executive function help in elementary school.  He just started middle school this year and the school does a decent job of helping kids in this regard.  He has a binder and individual folders.  He has come up with a system that works for him (not as logically organized as maybe we would like, but it's working reasonably well).  He does not have trouble remembering what materials to bring to which classes.  He is doing more of his homework on his own.  The weak spots are turning in homework (although much less of an issue than we feared -- and we're fine with the consequences of that, which seem to be sinking in) and, most importantly, organizing for long term projects -- if it's not due the next day, then, in his mind, he has no homework in that subject.  We and his teachers are trying to work with him on the latter but it's hard -- because of the age.  I would say that working on getting a child to embrace both his/her challenges AND the accommodations designed to help are the biggest thing that could be done at this age -- and it's not easy.

I think our DS's difficulties are more severe than a non-ADHD child's but these difficulties are indeed common to all middle school students.[/quote]

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