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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, good luck finding an objective ally.  As you can tell from all the armchair diagnoses here, you are dealing largely with folks who have drunk the koolaid that developmental differences between children reflect syndromes or disorders that need to be treated.   Don't give up.   Your kid will thank you someday for preventing the educational system from crushing him for its own convenience.  [/quote]

No, ding dong.  OP's posting to the SN forum; that's the perspective we're coming from.  Many LDs affect boys disproportionately.  I have a boy at an SN school, I can tell you that keeping track of homework, completing it, and turning it in is required.  You don't get to use I'm a boy or I have a special need as an excuse.

OP, I think you are in a little bit of denial as to why your kid is having trouble with learning these skills, however if you're convinced that a different pedagogical approach would be more helpful, I would suggest that you research boys schools in this area and search and/or post in the private schools forum for feedback on what schools you think would be a good match.  You can't expect a school to change it's teaching strategies to accommodate one kid.  And who knows, you might find a school better suited to your son.[/quote]

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