hello i need some advice on my son’s resource. he is in the fifth grade and in resource for math. spelling and english. this is what is got me all upset. he goes to resource and they have him to do division problems as homework when he don’t even know his multiplication tables. i think he needs to learn this first then go on to division. maybe i’m wrongi don’t know. i don’t what to so i have asked them why but never do i get a clear answer. tonight he brought home fractions. boy was this a trip. i don’t know what the guidelines are for resource and math disablities. also he goes back to his regular math class and has to do work in there aloong with the other students. they said this grade does not count but don’t you think this is just causing him more frustration? please someone help me i need some good advice. i don’t want my son to sufferfrom this if the school is not doing right. this will damage his life and who knows what else.
Re: resource and my son
: It does sound as if the resource room program may not be in the best touch with what he needs or in good touch with his classroom. Is there a director of special education or a school psychologist you could talk to? Ask them the philosophy of the resource room program. Is it supposed to remediate his weaknesses? Or help him with the tasks assigned in school? Is he really supposed to go home from resource room with more homework?Tell them he has trouble keeping up with the double homework. And ask what can be done about that?Tell them you’d like there to be a meeting between his classroom teacher and his resource room teacher and you and the school psychologist /guidance counselor so it can all be coordinated and so you can be helped to feel comfortable that the resource room and his classroom teacher are in good communication.You have good points. It won’t damage his life but it won’t help him to have a productive year in school either and that’s really want you’re looking for and what he needs. Every grade counts.Good luck.hello i need some advice on my son’s resource. he is in the fifth
: grade and in resource for math. spelling and english. this is what
: is got me all upset. he goes to resource and they have him to do
: division problems as homework when he don’t even know his
: multiplication tables. i think he needs to learn this first then
: go on to division. maybe i’m wrongi don’t know. i don’t what to so
: i have asked them why but never do i get a clear answer. tonight
: he brought home fractions. boy was this a trip. i don’t know what
: the guidelines are for resource and math disablities. also he goes
: back to his regular math class and has to do work in there aloong
: with the other students. they said this grade does not count but
: don’t you think this is just causing him more frustration? please
: someone help me i need some good advice. i don’t want my son to
: sufferfrom this if the school is not doing right. this will damage
: his life and who knows what else.
Re: resource and my son
From what you are saying, the resource sounds way out of line. You need first to get information. The best way is to go to the school and sit in on first his regular class and then his resource class. Much as you love the child, do not believe everything he reports home to you (He may have told the resource teacher he understands all the easy stuff, because he’s too embarrassed to say how far behind he really is. Or he may think he does understand it, not even knowing enough to see his own mistakes.) Second, once you have information, you need to try to get changes made through the channels. Live through the boredom of meeting with the principal, the classroom teacher, and the resource teacher, and trying to make a more appropriate plan. Third, if they aren’t willing to change, you may have to make a stink. If he is getting special ed help in the resource room, then amybe he should have an IEP. Once the school realizes you are serious and will carry your challenges on until they get their act together, they may get their act together. Keep working on it.: hello i need some advice on my son’s resource. he is in the fifth
: grade and in resource for math. spelling and english. this is what
: is got me all upset. he goes to resource and they have him to do
: division problems as homework when he don’t even know his
: multiplication tables. i think he needs to learn this first then
: go on to division. maybe i’m wrongi don’t know. i don’t what to so
: i have asked them why but never do i get a clear answer. tonight
: he brought home fractions. boy was this a trip. i don’t know what
: the guidelines are for resource and math disablities. also he goes
: back to his regular math class and has to do work in there aloong
: with the other students. they said this grade does not count but
: don’t you think this is just causing him more frustration? please
: someone help me i need some good advice. i don’t want my son to
: sufferfrom this if the school is not doing right. this will damage
: his life and who knows what else.
Re: resource and my son
My daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia and dyscalcula in the 4th grade. I must say that our school has done everything possible to help her. In reference to your son memorizing his multiplication, I was told to not worry about it. She is allowed to use a calculator therefore, she doesn’t lose the “procedure” because of the difficulty with computation. This has helped tremendously! It amazed me when I realized she knows her multiplication better than her addition & subtraction. She is now in the 6th grade and is not embarrassed to use a calculator in the classroom. She doesn’t make A’s in math but she is not failing either and I do believe she is learning.I hate the comment “5th grade doesn’t count” That is a stupid comment. I was given such a comment when my son was in the 7th grade (he is now 23). I was told that In middle school they do not try to teach the children because their hormones are raging. Basicly he was saying it was a waste of time. I pushed him about the Math and he then made the excuse that Math does build on itself, however, until they get to High school there is a lot of review. My son’t confidence sank so low that he barely graduated from High School. When he was in school there were no laws governing the education of LD students. I didn’t even know what LD was. I am fully convinced he was an LD child and possibly and ADD child too. When I asked for help from the school I was referred to a psychiatrist. I took him to a psychiatrist off and on his entire life, when he actually all he needed was to be taught with a different method.I guess my final point is, we have our complaints, but things are a lot better than they were in the mid 80’s.
PASSWORD>aaI221mi7wL3IIt sounds like the RSP teacher is doing what is convenient for her and not what your son needs. You are right he needs to understand things sequentially. I would meet with the RSP and share your concerns with her. She also may trying to keep him up with the regular curruculumn and when they do that they never truly remediate the kids, it is just a bandaid to get them to pass but they never understand about the basics behind math.