P.S. We've just been informed that our 12 year old daughter, in a different
school, is sometimes skipping class. In addition to suggesting a mentor for
her, the school staff suggested maybe she could shoulder the responsibility
of helping a weaker student. Maybe that could help your son...

Food for thought.
Rochel Black


>From: "elliottcahan" <elliottcahan@...>
>Reply-To: ADD_ADHD_LD@yahoogroups.com
>To: ADD_ADHD_LD@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [ADD_ADHD_LD] not going to class
>Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:50:43 -0000
>
>I have no idea how to boil this down to a short post. As you can
>probably tell from the title, we are having an issue with our 13 year
>old son going to class. He is in school in another town (about 15
>minutes away) and the school is on a pretty wide open campus. The kids
>are also allowed to go off campus as well, since many of them live
>there. Our son is a very quiet kid, who just seems to be able to slip
>away the minute you turn your head. Subsequently, he's been skipping a
>great deal of class. There seem to be a number of contributing factors
>that I have not mentioned, but does anyone have any suggestions on how
>to help our son get to class, outside of our shlepping down to the
>school and staying with him. Does the school have any responsibility
>in this or is just our fault? Would appreciate any feedback.
>
>
>

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