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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9th grade. Unless some 8th grade scores carry over, and some do, I wouldn’t stress until high school. Then, the battle is on.[/quote]

He is in 2 high school credit classes but grades don't carry over. Isn't this the year to pull it together? I feel like if we don't next year will be stressful[/quote]

It would be better if he developed the skills now, but lots of kids go into HS still needing to learn.

I can’t tell from your post whether the issue is executive functioning or academic struggles. If it’s the latter, then a tutor is the answer.

For the EF piece, I had to work with my son to develop his own strategies. That involved me being able to specifically identify the breakdowns. Once he agreed with my observations, then I made sure he had everything he needed - which usually involved an expensive trip to Staples. I didn’t assist in identifying or selecting what was purchased. But I did expect it to be used so I would ask him to articulate how he planned to use what he was buying (well, what I was buying) and how it would help with his success. That was surprisingly successful.

Another issue was time management and finally in college he’s getting that down. Same strategy - identifying the issues, getting agreement on the problem and letting him develop the plan. For awhile that involved all school work being done at 5 am and, if possible, while walking on a treadmill (obviously not all work is amenable to that).

We also allowed him to choose where he would do his work (and still do - he lives at home while going to school). Right now he sits at the kitchen counter using noise canceling headphones. The rest of us work around that - we’re all committed to his success and it’s not that big of an inconvenience most of the time.

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