[Regular Show]

Okay EB'ers I need help. DS 7 (will be eight in April) who has special needs has not been participating in class and has been giving his teacher a really hard and trying time.

I need a reward strategy in place at school that she can use, so instead of calling me and asking me what to do (because at this point I dont know) we have something in place that encourages him to do what is asked of him and do his work.

Any Ideas ??

Right now he is just refusing to do work, hiding under desks, hiding in the classroom, putting himself in the quiet corner, saying he is too tired, etc etc.

Thanks !!

[howdo]

Has she tried The Way To A?

[Regular Show]

Has she tried The Way To A?

That link wont work for me ???

She is first year out of school.

It also needs to be an instant daily reward/punishment type program

[Regular Show]

Okay I looked that up. It looks good. Can it be used daily?

[Regular Show]

Has she tried The Way To A?

Purchased. Thanks. Now lets hope it works

[Lyra]

The teacher could also talk to SPELD or the autism people in your state. The teacher really does need to step up to the plate and be a bit more proactive about implementing some strategies.

[Trouble-]

What's his currency? What's his current obsession?
My ASD eldest in year one was obsessed with golf, so his teacher 'happened' to have gater golf in the classroom ready to go for anyone who finished their work early.
My DS, although necessarily finishing early, but he got a quick play at least once a day.
His teacher was also under strict instruction never to allow the I'm too tired excuse to get him out of anything.

This post has been edited by Trouble-: 17/02/2013, 02:17 PM

[Regular Show]

Well his Ipad really - that and the playstation are pretty much his only obsession (that and bugs). It has crossed my mind to leave his ipad with the teacher and use that as a reward at school but he already plays it at home constantly. It pretty much the only thing he does. As his disability if physical also he doesnt go outside to play. I sort of didnt want to extent the ipad to school hours as well as home but I will if I have to.

Also about the tired thing. He does get extremely tired because of his disability so its really hard to tell whether he is telling the truth or really is tired (especially from home when they call me !)

He has been very difficult to get to go to sleep at night so he has had tired days. The other day when they called me I said he could have a little rest but then he MUST participate. When I came to collect him at home time he had still done nothing all day.

This new teacher is great but she has a demanding classroom. The have put DS and another child with ASD in the same class. Two kids with impulse control problems makes for trouble and they are not getting along !! In addition to that she has a severe dyspraxic child also.

She was not told when she started about my child or the one with dyspraxia only the ASD child so it thrown her a bit and she didnt have any prep time. Its not unusual to do that to new teachers but it sure does make me angry. Literally she saw his photo in the staffroom and thought- hey that kid is in my class?!

We have already had a meeting about him and some strategies but they are not working so far so its time to try and come up with something different. Hence this thread because I just dont know anymore.

[howdo]

Okay I looked that up. It looks good. Can it be used daily?

It's not so much a 'daily reward' system as making the child aware that their choices result in either pleasant outcomes or not so pleasant outcomes. Of course you can engineer outcomes eg. "When I make A choices I can use the computer." A choices can be designed for individual children and might start with "Sitting in my chair is an A choice." They can be built into social stories as well. It can therefore be used constantly.

Cues include "are you making an A choice?" or "I can see that Bobby is making an A choice." help prompt the children to thinking about their actions and modifying them.

[ausbokkie]

First of all, the teacher needs to make sure the work she is asking him to do is realistic, taking into consideration his disability. As long as the amount/type of work is appropriate, I wouldn't ever let him use the excuse of being tired. At Year 2 level he needs to learn that he has to start taking responsibility for his learning/work output and that there will be consequences if he doesn't complete a task.

I'm not a big fan of teachers using different consequences/rewards for specific children. If there is a whole-class reward system (and consequences for not making the right choices), it's much better to work within that system so he sees himself as part of the class. The consequence could be missing some playtime for example - children quickly tire of that and decide to participate. It's important to sit him down and explain clearly what the expectations are and what will be happening if he doesn't follow through. Then it's important for everyone involved to be consistent.
Good luck, I hope things start to improve for you!

This post has been edited by bubbles baby: 17/02/2013, 03:23 PM