Little Women
• Apr. 22, 2008 - best thing I learned this past year
I finally figured something out. I've read many times that ADHD kids are usually 2 years behind in various areas, such as emotional control and writing. I don't know why it's taken me so long, but I finally figured something out.
As long as I was trying to make my 11yo write like a 5th grader, we were going to have major issues. BUT, if I made her write like a 3rd grader last year, and like a 4th grader this year, she would be ABLE to meet my expectations. She would learn to do it better, and more willingly. (She has always been able to write well if I did the handwriting part, but struggled to write more than a sentence or two on her own.)
I have to say that it has really transformed our school year. She has learned to write 1/2-3/4 of a page, without complaining, and it is well done. I have seen that she HAS grown at least a year's worth over the last year, and without the melt-downs we had last year. Her writing has matured a great deal, and I am very encouraged by the whole thing.
Now that her handwriting is starting to mature, her ability to think logically is also coming out in her writing. It is shorter than a typical 6th grader's work, but it shows the thought of a middle schooler.
I just had to learn to expect what SHE could produce, and not what everybody else did. |
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