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What could be the problem with my son
My youngest is 16 years old now. He has stopped schooling for two years now. Last year, he would leave our house for school. I found out later that he was not attending his classes and was eventually dropped from school. This year, he again shows signs of no interest in going to school. I really am worried. He has an erratic sleep patterns. would sleep more than 8 hours and would not sleep until the wee hours of the morning. I hope you can help me out. How do I tell him to go to school? I have scolded him. Tried convincing him with being angry.
24/05/2010 07:09:50
Ann Dulay
Dear Sir/Madam,
My son is 11 years age, and he is studying in 4th standard. He has no problem to do anything in home but once he is prepared to go to school he is very lazy and not ready go to school. I asked him in difrent ways what is his problem but he is not telling anything and not ready to go school. sometimes I used to punish him but he is not ready to go. How can I manage this
19/12/2009 07:33:09
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19/12/2009 07:22:55
kneeptokCak
My son is in the 6th grade and he is simply not interested in studies, unless i dont tell him to study or do his home assignments, he doesnt. Even regular tests and exams dont bother him, all he does is play computer games.
10/10/2009 15:33:44
zeba
Hi Wamucii,
Looks like you posted this a while ago, hopefully you get my message. You mentioned general poor performance academically, that he hates reading and has low-self esteem. I work with kids who show a lot of the same symptoms. These are a very typical combination of symptoms for a person with weak cognitive skills.
A weakness in phonemic awareness or visual processing can really make learning tough for a kid. It's kind of like having a shopping cart with a bad wheel. You can still do your shopping, but that bad wheel makes it so much more difficult to stay on course and go quickly. A weak cognitive skill is kind of like that.
I would recommend a few things: here's a test you can take, provided by the company I work for http://www.learningrx.com/colorado-springs-north/landing-pag...
It's called the Learning Skills Discovery Survey. It's free. You can just take the quiz, it will ask you what sorts of things you are seeing in your son and then give you a report that tells you what might be the trouble. If you see that there is potentially a problem, I'd strongly recommend checking out a brain training program like LearningRx or PACE.
We see kids like your son every single day in our center in Colorado, and we see them make incredible improvements with brain training. I would be very surprised if it isn't just what your son needs.
Best of luck,
MsPatty
08/10/2009 22:45:48
MsPatty (Member)
My son aged 11 years have many problems in school, he spells phonetically, hates reading, general poor performance in academic, low self esteem, very playful and likes hards-on-work.
There is no school psychologist in his school to assess his problem. I have done extensive reading about dyslexia and i have concluded he could be dyslexic. I am not very certain. We have done several exercises with him but he does not seem to respond to them. Our ministry of education does not recognise the Specific Learning Disability as a disability thus not is done about it. In fact many parents have no knowledge about dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities.
My question is could be my son dyslexic
07/10/2009 10:06:34
Wamucii
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