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Subject: Frustated child

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Manju Sara Jacob

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Date Posted: 05:30:11 05/16/12 Wed

I have a 8 year old student, who is diagnosed with dyslexia.Family history is evident and strong. He is frustrated and disruptive in class, aiming to gain attention from the teacher. He repeatedly says that he is stupid and he hates being "special".Sometimes he uses this emotion to delay and avoid any task he is given. It is excruciatingly painful for him to write. But there are times at home he will write a few sentences without an issue. He is the sweetest boy at home and parents have no behavioral issue at home at all. School frustrates him and he find all topics boring and pointless except one topic in particular. His knowledge is extensive and he loves talking about that. In my lesson we spend 20 mins coercing him to write on word. Yesterday , I started by discussing a topic with him about his dog. And I said that he could talk me through it and i would write. It worked well and he also read over it to see if I included everything he said. I am planning to carry this out and slowly work into letting him write small bits. I am hoping it works. What can I do to motivate him to believe his identity is not in the label and at the same time not make him use it as an avoidance behavior to doing any work at all, and reducing disruptive classroom behaviors and frustrations. Its a tall order, but I would love to hear ideas.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Frustated child	Graham (Brilliant!)	13:39:47 05/29/12 Tue
Re: Frustated child -- Rozz Algar, 03:46:00 07/13/12 Fri
Re: Frustated child	Theresa Rezentes	23:56:43 06/04/12 Mon

Re: Frustated child	booksfordyslexics	12:06:22 06/27/12 Wed

Re: Frustated child	Jenni	07:03:08 07/03/12 Tue

Re: Frustated child	Malliga Gopal	11:20:50 07/03/12 Tue