Hello all! Parent-teacher conferences are next week, and we of course have a lot to talk about regarding my 2E 7 yr old DS. He's auditory and tactile defensive SPD, so that creates its own set of problems, but to top it off, there is no GT funding or program. Essentially, they are under no obligation to differentiate, but I think some of his issues this year are at least in part to boredom. He's working on 4th grade math at home, and adding and subtracting is not exactly holding his interest. I feel like we ask for a lot of accommodations already, and feel a little guilty about asking for more.
Last year his kinder teacher let him do Reflex Math (at his level) and Reading Counts computer quizzes daily, but this year it's about once per week. With last year's sensory breaks and the daily enrichment, he had exceptionally good behavior at the end of the year. They switched from computers to tablets this year and the tablets are not as plentiful (not available daily). He asked for harder work in Math, and the teacher told him there wasn't anything to give him. Anyway, I think the fact that he has nothing challenging all day long every day has something to do with how he will behave. Any advice on how to communicate this in a way that the teachers may accept? I've found presenting solutions rather than problems almost always works better.
