Re: RE: Chris/: question/comments

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In a message dated 5/4/2002 10:26:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

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> Oops! This thread was started in the " gifted and ld " group! But

> it's OCD related anyway.

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> Lee - I can't remember, how old is your son?? 's OCD was

> keeping him from completing a lot of his schoolwork (did I say WAS,

> it still does) so we had to have his OCD addressed in his 504 Plan.

> (The school actually likes to think of it as addressing his

> dysgraphia slowing his writing down.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~ He's 10.... and i am not sure exactly how it infulences the

homework thing. Partly it is his disorganization. Part of it is his anxiety

in general which is realted to the ocd stuff.... he cant relax enough in

school to get his thoughts together to do all he has to do...he is always

concentrating on the next thing he has to do so he never is exactly doing

what heis supposed to be doing...if that makes sense... he is always

worried about being late for the next class so he never gets the homework for

the present class quite written down (things like that).... getting the

homework done is such an issue that once it is done it is forgotten, i

think... i am not sure exactly how those things would fit into a plan

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> Can your son tell you if OCD is distracting him at school or keeping

> him from completing schoolwork on time or reading - or anything at

> school? If so, he (depending on his age) might have some ideas about

> any accommodations needed at school.

i think it is related to the anxiety in general... and the ocd is part of

that. i am not truly sure if he has been forthcoming, at this point about

*all* of his ocd manifistations... he just told me about the first

compulsions about 2 weeks ago... and it was really hard for him. i think he

has told me...but as hard as it was, i cant be sure

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> We have things in 's plan like - extra time for tests, allowed

> to turn in late work - which helps in that he can bring uncompleted

> classwork home to finish - and then some other things because he IS a

> SLOW writer.

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he gets extra time for standardized testing in the plan as it is...and his

teachers are pretty okay about the late homework...the homework not turned

in...was stuff that wasnt turned in ever... the teacher HAD asked for it and

told him what what missing...and he had done it.... but eventually the

report card grades had to be made...

> Does he ever try to NOT do things evenly or NOT do things 6 times?

> I've asked before if he ever does things a certain number of

> times, but it seems to be he does things until they " feel right. "

> So, of course, he needs to quit before it " feels right. "

i have actually tried to work with him on this... i have asked him if he

could maybe do things 5 times or 4 times instead of 6 times... and he said

he already tried this and got down to 2 times than he *had* to go back to 8

times before he got back to 6 times... and i worked with him on trying to

get clear on wheter the thoughts here *his* or if they were ocd

thoughts...and to try and boss them back if they were ocd thoughts...or say

" NO! " or that it was okay to do them imperfectly and that it was okay for

him to....for instance... not keep his room clean so maybe he could try NOT

doing things 6 simes...but at the moment he isnt getting anywhere with

bossing back his compulsions. i dont know if it is just the beginning or

there are some i dont know about <sigh>

hope i didnt confuse you with the changing list this list seems

more...ummmm.... warm, maybe? lee

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