My son is 8 (yr3) and in mainstream school. He generally copes well in school, is academically able and has no behaviour issues(at school anyway!). He gets no extra support, has no IEP, I presume he is not on the Special needs register -but would I know if he was?
Lately his teacher has been saying that he is difficult to motivate, he finds it difficult to put his ideas onto paper and hates to write. He is also losing interest in maths as he doesn't want to try new methods of solving maths problems - he prefers to use the method he already uses. I suggested that as well as giving the whole class the learning objective that the teacher writes him a few extra instructions making it clear to him what he is supposed to be doing and questions to prompt his work, I have also devised a reward chart to use in school where we will give him extra pocket money (30p per day!) if he works well in the lesson.
His teacher is happy with these ideas and says that after the first week they are working well. I'm not overly clear on IEP's etc. but is this the kind of thing that could/should be on an IEP rather than just doing it informally. This would then mean that we have a record of needing to provide extra support in class to help him achieve. I don't really feel that he needs 1:1 as such but he does need a bit more pushing to achieve what he is capable of and official records of this would mean that if and when we do need extra help this would be easier to get.
Any advice welcome
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Here you'll find advice from parents and teachers on special needs education.
SEN
Should my son with asperger's syndrome have an IEP?
2 replies
Squiz · 05/02/2010 11:26
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.