Common Referral Questions

COMMON CONCERNS

  My child:

• does not seem to progress like the others. He/she is behind in academic performance.
• has not mastered his/her phonics despite being consistently taught (poor speller).
• is different after his/her injury or illness, his/her social behavior has changed.
• reads accurately, but does not seem to understand what he/she reads.
• studies extensively his/her material, but seems to forget easily.
• cannot follow more than one instruction at a time.
• fails to take notes in school (or they are incomplete).
• forgets what he/she is told to do.
• is very slow and takes too long to complete homework (or other tasks).
• has a poor handwriting.
• does well with homework and class participation, but consistently fails on tests.
• was told that he/she has attention problems, but can stay hours in front of the TV or video games.
• hates school.
• does well in most subjects, but not in math.
• is smart, has good grades, but has difficulty making friends in school.
• can remember irrelevant things, but forgets the important ones.
• has real problems prioritizing and can spend hours on something that will not give him any benefit.
• is very smart, but his/her performance in school does not reflect that.will not give him any benefit.
• does not seem to improve in academics, despite all the tutoring and support received