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Education Law The 504 Plan
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Today's Goals Understand what is at stake Understand why some children don’t do, and can’t do their homework Learn what to seek in a 504 plan
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The Homework Debate The Worldwide Homework Debate Your Child’s Time is Now
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The Cumulative Effects
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The Life Span Problem Good News – Works with hands – Social skills – Good moral values Bad News – Drugs and alcohol – Sexual acting out – Criminal behavior – General lack of skills
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The Three Primary Issues The Myth of Motivation How Homework Pressure Affects the Child How Homework Pressure Affects the Parent
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Myth of Motivation Why doesn’t the child do his or her homework? – Lack of interest – Lack of skill An object is launched at 19.6 meters per second (m/s) from a 58.8-meter tall platform. The equation for the object's height s at time t seconds after launch is s(t) = –4.9t2 + 19.6t + 58.8, where s is in meters. When does the object strike the ground?
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The Learning Problems Working memory (paying attention) Processing speed (handwriting and reading) Others
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Time School day is bound by the clock Work day is bound by the clock Homework day is bound by the assignment
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Understanding What Constant Pressure Does
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Negative Associations VOMIT SEX
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HOMEWORK
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Punishment and Reward What is a good punishment? One that works And does not need to be done again
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What do repeated penalties teach? Lying Forgetting Procrastinating Misplacing Arguing The homework trapped child learns to do anything but the homework.
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Maturation and Modeling ● Your child will grow up according to a common developmental sequence. ● Your child will look for other to model behaviors. ● Homework pressures alter the paths these processes take.
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Organizational Factors
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Student as Employee
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Family and School Systems
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Family and School Systems Gone Awry
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The Common 504 Plan Preferential Seating More time A restatement of good teaching practices
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Your 504 Plan Time bound homework Penalty reductions Parents have the final say at home In Middle School and High School – A Study Skills Teacher and Class
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