TROUBLE WITH HOMEWORK
My 10yr old with CP is in mainstream middle school and is now receiving homework that has to be handed in the next day. He is so physically and mentally tired after school that he simply cannot cope with more learning when he gets home. Do I suggest to school he gets 'special treatment' and be allowed to get away with homework and perhaps just get it at the weekend or is this a contradiction when I ask that he be treated just like everyone else????!!!!
I'm an experienced teacher and I don't expect ten year olds to hand homework in the next day. It is generally school policy in most schools to allow 2-3 days for homework completion. Ask your school if you could see their homework policy, or look and see if they have it on their website, if you want to find out without asking them direct. Sometimes all the school policy documents are on there. It's a list of agreed practices. If it states there that they receive it three times a week, but have 2-3 days to complete, for example, then you can ask why they are being given it to be completed for the next day.
My son is four with mild cp, and has started mainstream, and he is already being given written homework, but he is exhausted after school, so I understand your concerns completely. You could also ask to discuss this with his teacher. I didn't realise just how tired cp sufferers get, but then until I had my twins, I didn't come into contact with anyone who had it. So perhaps they just don't realise his fatigue will be more so than in a typical child his age. I'm sure they won't think you are contradicting yourself. I wouldn't. Good luck.
Sarah
I think he should have more days to hand in his homework to help him.