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[quote=Anonymous][quote][b]What everyone seems to forget is that kids have missed basically almost 2 years of school. [/b]This child hasn’t been in school since 4th grade and now is trying to navigate MS emotionally, socially and academically. Schools need to press the pause button on academics and foster the social/emotional needs of their students because they will not learn until they feel safe and cared for at school. [/quote]

+1 (but schools are well aware of this issue and we are getting massive pressure from above to improve test scores ASAP).

OP, I would suggest following the suggestions of the PP who said to sit down and break things into tasks to model for your son what work needs to be done and how to break it into manageable chunks. I would go one step further if he is still in ES and ask the teacher if you can set a 60 minute time limit on homework to make it more manageable for him, and inch the time up over a few weeks--it would be a temporary measure to stop the emotional spiral he's getting caught in. He's likely ramping up emotionally before the homework ever starts because it's become a pattern. If he's in MS, start tracking the workload with each class and if there's one or two classes that are really setting him off, I'd have the same convo with the teachers. If you can't sit with him, a tutor is a good solution. He needs modeling of how to make tasks manageable. If that doesn't reduce the meltdowns, move on to do an evaluation.[/quote]

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