My three children are the same. For homework, I ask the teachers to check that they use their agendas. I even have this put into the IEP. THis includes my high school age child. I also make sure that in middle school and high school they have a resource teacher who helps them. As for the notes and papers... I simply do it. I empty the knapsack, smooth out the papers and put them into the appropriate files, notebooks, whatever. I keep all of this at home in a Homework box and only send back what they need each day. ( We've lost too many important unit notes just before exam time to ever let notes travel back and forth freely) As for notes themselves... if your child can't write good notes, put in the IEP that they should get photocopied teacher notes or top student notes. My 17 year old still gets the teacher notes as she cannot learn if she is struggling to write notes. This is an acceptable accommodation.

Eventually they begin to take over some of the organization, although my 19 year old still just stuffs her notes in her purse - but she's got "A's" in second year at the University of Toronto!

Enlist the teacher's help. Insist. Keep communicating so you know if things are missing and/or incomplete. e mail is best.

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He has had organizational issues in the past, and this is the first year he has had more success. He has a locker, that he refuses to use! He carries all and I mean all of his books and multitude of papers, in folders and not in folders, all day, everyday. He knows where his paperwork is- and every quarter we sit down and he cleans out that backpack! he doesn't want to, but he knows he has to. His teachers, all of them, say that he is doing great with his organization. I was shocked. I think middle school has given my son a sense of more responsibility, and more- segmentation- if you will. I think this is good for the way a student with add/adhd thinks. the best thing to do is talk with his teachers. tell them what you are trying, thinking, feeling. let your son work it out, as hard as it may be for you. take deep breaths, and remember this is just one of the many first steps of becoming an adult. it is hard to even think about your own child that way. I know, but have faith that he can do it. And when that report comes home, evaluate, discuss, and do not blame. just reinvent, for the umpteenth time, a way to succeed that will become a habit for your child. let your child do the thinking, and the doing. and to suffer the consequences if need be. i hope this has been somewhat helpful.

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