Guest guest Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Hi , No, sorry, I'm not lucky enough to live in Vancouver, or anywhere in Canada, but I just wanted to say that my middle schooler has a " directed study " class (mandatory for kids with IEPs, at least for the first quarter). It has really been helpful, and I'd recommend working to get the Canadian equivalent if you can. Annie was really upset about the idea at first, but having one less class to worry about, and having that one period to organize her homework, get help, and just unwind a bit, has really made all the difference. They forgot to schedule her in this class at first, and the first weeks I saw the tension build. As soon as she got the directed studies class, she was instantly calmer. My daughter has ADHD and is also not really hyperactive - she just can't focus long enough to do anything that requires her attention. She is on Concerta, which helps tremendously, but doesn't solve the problem. Homework is very, very stressful for her and we have to be very careful how we approach it with her. She can blow up easily over it. I hope gets the help he needs. Good luck! in NV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Hi , No, sorry, I'm not lucky enough to live in Vancouver, or anywhere in Canada, but I just wanted to say that my middle schooler has a " directed study " class (mandatory for kids with IEPs, at least for the first quarter). It has really been helpful, and I'd recommend working to get the Canadian equivalent if you can. Annie was really upset about the idea at first, but having one less class to worry about, and having that one period to organize her homework, get help, and just unwind a bit, has really made all the difference. They forgot to schedule her in this class at first, and the first weeks I saw the tension build. As soon as she got the directed studies class, she was instantly calmer. My daughter has ADHD and is also not really hyperactive - she just can't focus long enough to do anything that requires her attention. She is on Concerta, which helps tremendously, but doesn't solve the problem. Homework is very, very stressful for her and we have to be very careful how we approach it with her. She can blow up easily over it. I hope gets the help he needs. Good luck! in NV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Hi , I have 3 kids living with various degrees of OCD, 2 are now post high school. My son attempted the standard public high school and was allowed to drop French in exchange for a resource class that helped him address homework issues during school hours. He was IEP'd to have extra time and assistance as needed for all other subjects. By grade 10 he was switched to an alternative high school where he studied one subject at a time and attended only mornings - about all he could handle at that time. He graduated with a major in business - phew! My 18 year old daughter was IEP'd to access extra test and exam time, flexible due dates and reduced course load if necessary - except for the first year with exams, she never needed to access the assistance, though it remained in place. My youngest daughter is now in Grade 10. I pulled her from the public system when the class size was excessive and she had not learnt anything in a year. Last year in grade 9 she caught up on 3 years of math skills by learning in an environment of 3 students. Her total class size was 13! Though her OCD symptoms are under control and is presently med free, she cannot focus in an environment of chaos. At the moment she is IEP'd to write tests/exams, and then add to them orally if they are incomplete - as is her pattern of the past. She also has access to resource help if she needs something explained in a different way. Check with your local board of education, each province is changing and in each board they have their own set of special education parameters. I hope this is helpful, , in Ottawa, Canada D wrote: Anyone out there from Canada whose child is in high school and receives special assistance because of their OCD? I believe it used to be called " Cell " where they would have one block assigned to them where they would receive assistance with homework, etc. Please let me know what I can do to advocate for him now for next year. in Vancouver, BC, CANADA --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Hi , I have 3 kids living with various degrees of OCD, 2 are now post high school. My son attempted the standard public high school and was allowed to drop French in exchange for a resource class that helped him address homework issues during school hours. He was IEP'd to have extra time and assistance as needed for all other subjects. By grade 10 he was switched to an alternative high school where he studied one subject at a time and attended only mornings - about all he could handle at that time. He graduated with a major in business - phew! My 18 year old daughter was IEP'd to access extra test and exam time, flexible due dates and reduced course load if necessary - except for the first year with exams, she never needed to access the assistance, though it remained in place. My youngest daughter is now in Grade 10. I pulled her from the public system when the class size was excessive and she had not learnt anything in a year. Last year in grade 9 she caught up on 3 years of math skills by learning in an environment of 3 students. Her total class size was 13! Though her OCD symptoms are under control and is presently med free, she cannot focus in an environment of chaos. At the moment she is IEP'd to write tests/exams, and then add to them orally if they are incomplete - as is her pattern of the past. She also has access to resource help if she needs something explained in a different way. Check with your local board of education, each province is changing and in each board they have their own set of special education parameters. I hope this is helpful, , in Ottawa, Canada D wrote: Anyone out there from Canada whose child is in high school and receives special assistance because of their OCD? I believe it used to be called " Cell " where they would have one block assigned to them where they would receive assistance with homework, etc. Please let me know what I can do to advocate for him now for next year. in Vancouver, BC, CANADA --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Hi , I have 3 kids living with various degrees of OCD, 2 are now post high school. My son attempted the standard public high school and was allowed to drop French in exchange for a resource class that helped him address homework issues during school hours. He was IEP'd to have extra time and assistance as needed for all other subjects. By grade 10 he was switched to an alternative high school where he studied one subject at a time and attended only mornings - about all he could handle at that time. He graduated with a major in business - phew! My 18 year old daughter was IEP'd to access extra test and exam time, flexible due dates and reduced course load if necessary - except for the first year with exams, she never needed to access the assistance, though it remained in place. My youngest daughter is now in Grade 10. I pulled her from the public system when the class size was excessive and she had not learnt anything in a year. Last year in grade 9 she caught up on 3 years of math skills by learning in an environment of 3 students. Her total class size was 13! Though her OCD symptoms are under control and is presently med free, she cannot focus in an environment of chaos. At the moment she is IEP'd to write tests/exams, and then add to them orally if they are incomplete - as is her pattern of the past. She also has access to resource help if she needs something explained in a different way. Check with your local board of education, each province is changing and in each board they have their own set of special education parameters. I hope this is helpful, , in Ottawa, Canada D wrote: Anyone out there from Canada whose child is in high school and receives special assistance because of their OCD? I believe it used to be called " Cell " where they would have one block assigned to them where they would receive assistance with homework, etc. Please let me know what I can do to advocate for him now for next year. in Vancouver, BC, CANADA --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Hi. I'm also from Canada. My son is in grade 6. He gets good marks in school but got funding for an aide this year. He has a modified program. As long as he understands his work his aide or teacher can reduce the number of questions that he has to do. His note taking is reduced. Does not get in trouble for assignment not getting done. A number of other things but the goal is to educate him while keeping anxiety to a minimum. Last year he had all homework stopped. He is now doing it. He still has a hard time but as soon as it starts setting off his ocd or too much anxiety we stop. Now that he knows that he will not be pushed he can handle doing more of it. We also have the option of dropping an option course to make as a homework time. We are considering this. I also help him alot with things like doing the hand writing on book reports. He just tells me what to write. Before we got to this point my child would spend hours doing short homework assignments because of meltdowns and increased compulsions. It felt like we had no life in the evenings other than fighting to get homework done. The more we pushed the worse he got until he could not do any homework at all. My child also has a hard time remembering to bring things home. He now tells me that his brain is too tired to think about what he needs so he started just bringing everything home. > My son has OCD and is in Grade 7. He has bad thought OCD which > through ERP he has learned to combat and is no longer taking > medication (20 mg Celexa). On a scale of 1 to 10 he rates his OCS > as a 2. > > struggles in school and was tested in Grade 4 only to find out > that he scored low accross the board but not bad enough for a > learning disability designation. Since his testing he has been > diagnosed with OCD. > > He receives tremendous support at his Elementary School and has an > IEP plan in place. His support group is concerned for him when he > goes to High School next year as he will not be " labelled " as a > child that needs assistance as his tests show from Grade 4. > > often has meltdowns at home regarding homework and it doesn't > take much for him to feel overwhelmed. He forgets things at school > constantly and often does not understand projects that have been > assigned to him. This, at times makes homelife feel very > dysfunctional. My older son has trouble focussing on his own > homework when has such meltdowns. I truly feel also has > ADD although he is not hyper. > > His life revolves around " fun time " and if his life is all homework > and school he gets very agitated. > > Anyone out there from Canada whose child is in high school and > receives special assistance because of their OCD? I believe it used > to be called " Cell " where they would have one block assigned to them > where they would receive assistance with homework, etc. > > Please let me know what I can do to advocate for him now for next > year. > > I would appreciate any advice. > > Many, many thanks > > in Vancouver, BC, CANADA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Hi. I'm also from Canada. My son is in grade 6. He gets good marks in school but got funding for an aide this year. He has a modified program. As long as he understands his work his aide or teacher can reduce the number of questions that he has to do. His note taking is reduced. Does not get in trouble for assignment not getting done. A number of other things but the goal is to educate him while keeping anxiety to a minimum. Last year he had all homework stopped. He is now doing it. He still has a hard time but as soon as it starts setting off his ocd or too much anxiety we stop. Now that he knows that he will not be pushed he can handle doing more of it. We also have the option of dropping an option course to make as a homework time. We are considering this. I also help him alot with things like doing the hand writing on book reports. He just tells me what to write. Before we got to this point my child would spend hours doing short homework assignments because of meltdowns and increased compulsions. It felt like we had no life in the evenings other than fighting to get homework done. The more we pushed the worse he got until he could not do any homework at all. My child also has a hard time remembering to bring things home. He now tells me that his brain is too tired to think about what he needs so he started just bringing everything home. > My son has OCD and is in Grade 7. He has bad thought OCD which > through ERP he has learned to combat and is no longer taking > medication (20 mg Celexa). On a scale of 1 to 10 he rates his OCS > as a 2. > > struggles in school and was tested in Grade 4 only to find out > that he scored low accross the board but not bad enough for a > learning disability designation. Since his testing he has been > diagnosed with OCD. > > He receives tremendous support at his Elementary School and has an > IEP plan in place. His support group is concerned for him when he > goes to High School next year as he will not be " labelled " as a > child that needs assistance as his tests show from Grade 4. > > often has meltdowns at home regarding homework and it doesn't > take much for him to feel overwhelmed. He forgets things at school > constantly and often does not understand projects that have been > assigned to him. This, at times makes homelife feel very > dysfunctional. My older son has trouble focussing on his own > homework when has such meltdowns. I truly feel also has > ADD although he is not hyper. > > His life revolves around " fun time " and if his life is all homework > and school he gets very agitated. > > Anyone out there from Canada whose child is in high school and > receives special assistance because of their OCD? I believe it used > to be called " Cell " where they would have one block assigned to them > where they would receive assistance with homework, etc. > > Please let me know what I can do to advocate for him now for next > year. > > I would appreciate any advice. > > Many, many thanks > > in Vancouver, BC, CANADA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Hi. I'm also from Canada. My son is in grade 6. He gets good marks in school but got funding for an aide this year. He has a modified program. As long as he understands his work his aide or teacher can reduce the number of questions that he has to do. His note taking is reduced. Does not get in trouble for assignment not getting done. A number of other things but the goal is to educate him while keeping anxiety to a minimum. Last year he had all homework stopped. He is now doing it. He still has a hard time but as soon as it starts setting off his ocd or too much anxiety we stop. Now that he knows that he will not be pushed he can handle doing more of it. We also have the option of dropping an option course to make as a homework time. We are considering this. I also help him alot with things like doing the hand writing on book reports. He just tells me what to write. Before we got to this point my child would spend hours doing short homework assignments because of meltdowns and increased compulsions. It felt like we had no life in the evenings other than fighting to get homework done. The more we pushed the worse he got until he could not do any homework at all. My child also has a hard time remembering to bring things home. He now tells me that his brain is too tired to think about what he needs so he started just bringing everything home. > My son has OCD and is in Grade 7. He has bad thought OCD which > through ERP he has learned to combat and is no longer taking > medication (20 mg Celexa). On a scale of 1 to 10 he rates his OCS > as a 2. > > struggles in school and was tested in Grade 4 only to find out > that he scored low accross the board but not bad enough for a > learning disability designation. Since his testing he has been > diagnosed with OCD. > > He receives tremendous support at his Elementary School and has an > IEP plan in place. His support group is concerned for him when he > goes to High School next year as he will not be " labelled " as a > child that needs assistance as his tests show from Grade 4. > > often has meltdowns at home regarding homework and it doesn't > take much for him to feel overwhelmed. He forgets things at school > constantly and often does not understand projects that have been > assigned to him. This, at times makes homelife feel very > dysfunctional. My older son has trouble focussing on his own > homework when has such meltdowns. I truly feel also has > ADD although he is not hyper. > > His life revolves around " fun time " and if his life is all homework > and school he gets very agitated. > > Anyone out there from Canada whose child is in high school and > receives special assistance because of their OCD? I believe it used > to be called " Cell " where they would have one block assigned to them > where they would receive assistance with homework, etc. > > Please let me know what I can do to advocate for him now for next > year. > > I would appreciate any advice. > > Many, many thanks > > in Vancouver, BC, CANADA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 : My son has just started Gr. 9 near Toronto. He has a mix of diagnoses including OCD, gifted, TS, AS and SID. No one knows about them except the school special ed staff because he's pretty good at hiding them. We haven't put together the IEP yet (don't know why that's so long in coming...) but we do have him in a course called Learning STrategies. I don't know if you have it in B.C. but basically it's a hand-holding period for any child who's IDed. The teacher is warm and caring and helps them fill in their agendas properly, gets them thinking about their learning styles etc. She is also their applied English teacher, so she helps with something my son struggles with - written expression - too. Next year I'm hoping to put him in academic English which means I'll have to lose this lovely set-up, but right now I really like that there is a quite 'small' class with a teacher who's trying to look at the whole picture. I'd talk to the spec ed head at the high school to find out if they have something similar. (That's what we did when my son was in Gr. 8 and she was quite willing to talk about his upcoming high school experience.) kim > My son has OCD and is in Grade 7. He has bad thought OCD which > through ERP he has learned to combat and is no longer taking > medication (20 mg Celexa). On a scale of 1 to 10 he rates his OCS > as a 2. > > struggles in school and was tested in Grade 4 only to find out > that he scored low accross the board but not bad enough for a > learning disability designation. Since his testing he has been > diagnosed with OCD. > > He receives tremendous support at his Elementary School and has an > IEP plan in place. His support group is concerned for him when he > goes to High School next year as he will not be " labelled " as a > child that needs assistance as his tests show from Grade 4. > > often has meltdowns at home regarding homework and it doesn't > take much for him to feel overwhelmed. He forgets things at school > constantly and often does not understand projects that have been > assigned to him. This, at times makes homelife feel very > dysfunctional. My older son has trouble focussing on his own > homework when has such meltdowns. I truly feel also has > ADD although he is not hyper. > > His life revolves around " fun time " and if his life is all homework > and school he gets very agitated. > > Anyone out there from Canada whose child is in high school and > receives special assistance because of their OCD? I believe it used > to be called " Cell " where they would have one block assigned to them > where they would receive assistance with homework, etc. > > Please let me know what I can do to advocate for him now for next > year. > > I would appreciate any advice. > > Many, many thanks > > in Vancouver, BC, CANADA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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