Hi there,

In 1st and perhaps 2nd grade, my son regularly saw the elementary school guidance counselor. She designed a laminated check-off list that was taped to his desk. In the morning (and a 2nd list for afternoon), all he had to do was reference this list of the things expected of him.

I know this is a very simple answer, but I just wanted to support your idea of having something physically on his desk to refer to.

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I would bring the idea of having something he can see--a visual prompt, to the school and let the teacher or maybe the teacher and guidance counselor, special educator, whoever they have that knows something about AD/HD and/or LD's, etc., come up with something. That way, they will be behind whatever is used. I f the teacher doesn't think this is a valuable idea, and she continues to say your son just doesn't (or just won't ) do what he needs to do, you need to get the school involved. My daughter's in 7th grade, and I still fail to understand it, but sometimes (and sometimes often) teachers will complain, yet be resistant to any suggestions that involve anything in their classroom. Absolutely, I think some kind of kid-friendly checklist would be really effective, but only if it's use is TRULY supported in the classroom, where he needs it. That's a lot more likely to happen if the school is implementing this, whereas if you bring something in you've made, no matter how great, you're more likely to encounter resistance--just because it's coming from the parent.

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