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Education Law The 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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•www.thehomeworktrap.com ●www.facebook.com/thehomeworktrap ●www.homeworktrap.blogspot.com