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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. After some very helpful posts, this thread has turned into what I feared.

Listen, I do not, in any way, excuse my kid's behavior. If anything, I have worked hard to try to get the source of the issue, try to teach him that effort is important, and try to work with the school and his teacher to reach him as a learner. I've asked for help in coming up with incentive systems from his teacher and she has shut down that idea (her words were: unless there's an IEP or 504, she is not going to take on anything additional because there is no legitimate reason to give him "special" support). I will be blunt and admit there's probably a fit issue, my son probably isn't the best behaved student, and there are concrete limitations in the day and demands on this teacher to expect anything more than what's required.

I have tried using incentives at home, but there's a break between when I ask my son about his day and when I see evidence of what he actually does. I don't see assessments for weeks. I don't see daily writing work until the end of a marking period. I don't even see anything beyond an interim and report card from the teacher so if I wasn't piecing together information from papers that were graded weeks ago, I would basically only have interims and report cards (which are vague) to tease out what the issue is.

I have tried to put together some supports like computer games he likes. So, if I see a completed worksheet with effort, he gets ten minutes. It is slow going because it takes him a while to understand that something he did three weeks ago will impact whether or not he gets an award. Because he's 7.

I hate, hate the impression that I am throwing my hands up and claiming my child is a gifted genius who's bored with school and it's the school's fault. I am doing everything I can to help my son own his education and be driven to learn intrinsically. Do I think his school is being helpful? Not terribly. But it is what it is.

And my guess reading this board is that my kid will likely not end up in AAP without some sort of appeal on my part due to his GBRS being terrible. I may be surprised, but based on what I see, I have serious doubts. We'll cross that bridge in April, I guess.[/quote]

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