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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks all. When DD went for help at lunch, the teacher worked with the AP kids but did not work with my daughter at all. I think she’s accommodating the extra time, and might help with the programming aspect, but is just not grasping what my DD needs, because the task is just so simple and easy. I mean, what high school senior can’t build a robot? The teacher doesn’t understand DD’s disability.

I will encourage DD to ask if she can bring the pieces home, or if she can use a kit. That would make all the difference. I would help, the tutor would help, etc. I have a hunch that if I showed her explicitly what to do, it would click and she could finish on her own. She just needs hands-on demonstration and practice with motor/sequential tasks.

Thank you for all the advice![/quote]

Reach out to the teacher.  For AP computer science, there is a project that needs to get turned in for the AP exam coming up which is why its probably the priority but that's unfair to your daughter.  Ask specifically what is the assignment and what are they building - can it be sent home or can you buy the parts to work on/practice at home.  We often buy the books and things needed that they use at school that they don't send home with the kids.  But, this project sounds very advanced to build a robot and code it for regular computer science.  We didn't have that even in AP.[/quote]

Wow!! Well, it’s reassuring to know that it’s advanced. I will share that with my daughter, thank you.[/quote]

My kid is in AP CS and they have never had a project to build and code.  They code online but there are tons of examples (we have a really good teacher) and information.  Last years CS was far more basic than this.  It sounds like she's not in the right class as the there is a very basic one need for CS for graduation.  Its hard to give you advice as every school and teacher runs the class different and this project sounds very cool but advance.

Ask what the robot is, see if you can buy it for working on at home and you/tutor do what ever you need to to help her get through the project.

And, the teacher sounds bad if they didn't help at all at lunch to focus on the AP kids.  Its probably because there is an ap exam project due now and at least at our school, a good number of kids having gotten it done, but the teacher should not be helping with that if its the exam part.[/quote]

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