Education LawThe 504 Plan

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

The Homework Debate

•The Worldwide Homework Debate•Your Child’s Time is Now

The Cumulative Effects

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

The Three Primary Issues

•The Myth of Motivation•How Homework Pressure Affects the Child•How Homework Pressure Affects the Parent

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?

The Learning Problems

•Working memory (paying attention)•Processing speed (handwriting and reading)•Others

Time

•School day is bound by the clock•Work day is bound by the clock•Homework day is bound by the assignment

Understanding What Constant Pressure Does

Negative Associations

VOMITSEX

HOMEWORK

Punishment and Reward

•What is a good punishment?

•One that works•And does not need to be

done again

What do repeated penalties teach?

•Lying•Forgetting•Procrastinating•Misplacing•Arguing•The homework trapped child learns to do anything but the homework.

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.

Organizational Factors

Student as Employee

Family and School Systems

Family and School Systems Gone Awry

The Common 504 Plan

•Preferential Seating•More time•A restatement of good teaching practices

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

Continuing information

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