Dsupastar wrote:
i come from an autism background, specifically in education. many of the strategies we use for ASD children can be useful for other children as well (with or without a diagnosis). for example, have you heard of an Independent Activity Schedule?
http://www.woodbinehouse.com/excerpt.asp_Q_product_id_E_0-933149-93-X
I currently use a goal schedule for his resource time. It's just a list of assignments he needs to complete and I offer him a sticker if he finishes
his list before the end of class. I can try it with pictures, I guess. Or give him a piece of a puzzle to put together after each step. I'll pass that
on to mom too to use at home (she def. needs some guidance for homework).
The things we know he can do (his reflections, reading builders, vocabulary pages) he did last year and the beginning of this year and now suddenly he
doesn't. I help him with science and social studies because those are areas that are probably over his head, but together we can get the most important
pieces.
I think something happened recently. Granted he's going through teenage hormones, but he's started to lie and act out. He has poor social skills and
is recieving resource for those, but it's not translating and is actually declining. His one true best friend doesn't want to be with him at recess
anymore. He's been having non academic trouble at school, home, and his resource school.
). I gave him three rewards to
choose from if he can make a week without missing an assignment and the principal said she'd have a fun afternoon snack with him during resource if he
meets it. He said he wanted butter on crackers... 
I was thinking
cookies or something, but sure, crackers.
