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We had previously advocated for her needing challenge (her ability and her out-of-level testing came back very, very high), but the school insisted that she was already in the most challenging classes for grade...and the school simply does not seem to believe in grade acceleration (we never even got to the point of how this might go as they were so convinced that their curriculum was so very challenging, they believed that she MUST be challenged)...

Fast forward to this year and DD has evolved from a student who loved school to a student who hates school. Last year, she seemed able to manage her assignments with no check-ins necessary from parents and she continued on in her independent ways. This year, she cried for hours before school started, declared she hated school and did not want to go. She is angry often and starting homework is constantly a battle (she'd rather read a book). Having no better options available, we insisted she attend and placed her in counseling. Recently, I am finding out that she is now missing assignments. Several. I do not know if this is an executive function issue (the teachers and her counselor seem to think that she does not have ADD/ADHD), or if she is just showing all of us what she says...that she hates school and just does not care. Obviously, tardy schoolwork is not going to help any future advocacy efforts, either.

I am truly at a loss about what to do with this child. I do not know whether she has actually has an EF issue or if she is simply checked-out. Obviously, it could be a bit of both. I am trying to figure out how to help her, but at the moment, I am not really sure what direction to turn. Thank you for listening.