Homework and autism

That dreaded word for many parents, not just myself in this world.  And not people with special education  needs either.  I remember the challenges I had doing homework, myself.  Many’s the time it took me hours when it was only meant to be 15-30 minutes of work to complete.

Of course, I know that children are meant to read every day, but quite honestly his reading skill and vocabulary is amazing for his age so I don’t really bother about that.  And he reads so much on the ipad that I don’t think he needs any more.

And yes, I know that he has different challenges to me when it comes to homework but as soon as he understands the task, he’s great and can get it done quickly.  Learning how to get him to focus  and not be distracted is not an easy job.

It has never been easy to do homework, but I DO think Covid has a lot to do with the difficulties we have with homework today.  I know that he struggled with my teaching him and that with the later ones it was difficult to get him to concentrate with what was asked for by the school teacher.

The result of all this – special needs, focus, covid, concentration, homework, family life has made it harder for us to function when it comes to homework.  And I do understand that teachers have difficulties teaching each level of classwork and they have to focus on those that appear to need help.  And Johnathan struggles with asking for help but that’s how he is!

One of the things the teacher says is that they have completed the work in the tasks before in the classroom but that doesn’t mean the child was concentrating at the time or that they understand what they are meant to do.  The point is, as a parent you want homework to be pleasant and not a negative experience because we know there will be exams in the future they need to face.

We will get there, but homework at the moment, is still reminiscent of the schoolwork the children had to do with Covid.