His teacher and I talked. Did I mention DJ is in an Asperger support classroom? He's in the class with 6 other children (K-2), and all lesson plans are individualized according to the student and his IEP. DJ was having a bit of a hard time (besides the fact he doesn't want to take the extra 5-10 minutes a night to go over them with me.) He passes each week but I know he can do SO much better. When his teacher and I talked, we decided to start testing him on Mondays. This way he has Monday through Monday to study.
I came up with an even better idea. I can't believe I'm even entertaining the thought! DJ's biggest obsession is electronics. For those of you understaning Aspie kids, they're big on obsessions (complete and total obsession). Electronics including television, VCR, DVD, computer, video games, etc, etc. This consumes his life. When is the next time he can watch TV, or play the gamecube? These are the all important questions in our house. He wants to do absolutely NOTHING else. Anyway, that's another problem, lol.
He loves to watch home movies. I decided we would take his spelling words, go over them one night, and I would videotape it. This way he can watch himself (he's so narcisstic!) over and over and over again. My darling little boy memorized EVERY SINGLE LINE from Shrek 2 after watching it 2 times. Spelling words should be a breeze! Note: Aspies are very visual as well.
As it stands in the house right now, he is not allowed to watch tv on school nights but is allowed to play video games. I know that makes no sense to some people. His teacher and I talked it out and we realized the video games are showing DJ major problem solving skills. He needs help in this area. So as of now, he's allowed 1 hour per night on the video games.
Since we're doing this spelling thing, I'll let him watch the tape 1/2 hour a night. He'll think he's pulling something over on me, trust me!
As it stands in the house right now, he is not allowed to watch tv on school nights but is allowed to play video games. I know that makes no sense to some people. His teacher and I talked it out and we realized the video games are showing DJ major problem solving skills. He needs help in this area. So as of now, he's allowed 1 hour per night on the video games.
Since we're doing this spelling thing, I'll let him watch the tape 1/2 hour a night. He'll think he's pulling something over on me, trust me!
