Thanks for all the collective wisdom. I think you are all right about DS being overwhelmed. I especially relate to your last post Lisa. I was more like my focused, verbal DD9 who whizzes through homework. It's hard for me to see schoolwork avoidance from DS' perspective sometimes. It's tempting to think that DS needs to learn more persistence and that the struggle teaches him something. Both of those ideas are only true up to a certain point.
I will talk to his LA teacher and tell her about the time commitment involved for the homework. She is a gift from heaven. She did a year-long professional development project based on a dysgraphic former student in completing her "All Kinds of Minds" training. She GETS it and I know she will work with us. She also loves DS and recognizes how extremely bright and capable he is despite some of his glitches at times.
