mild mental retardation

Caroline - posted on 06/06/2012

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Amanda - posted on 05/06/2011

My son is 14yrs old and I still have a hard time with his reading, wrting, and spelling. It does get easier as they do get older you can get then for at least an hour of practicing. I have a school team working with my son and they are giving him a laptop to do his writen lessons and he will now use this for all academic learning. Know that at his age you can request an Occupational worker and request for progs and laptop to make your son more interested and easier to put the input in to his answer's reading' spelling. I beleive my son learned reading from school a bit but mostle self taught, Imagine that. However my son ia also on Autisim spectrum, ADHA, ODD, ARND, so he's quite complex. had a hard time accepting that this is the way it is for my son and I, I went to coounsling to deal and accept, I wrote a letter to my sons desease shared it with someone I trusted then I burnt it to set me free and today I accept his challanges and make learning fun as well as making it easy on my son and getting him trained on the computer through learning games and such with wonderful programs to beable to function at a higher grade level. So with all this we have purserviered through many tough days and consistancy in all areas of his life as well as visual aids to help him remember, They are in our bathroom, Hallway and Kitchen.Keep practicing but accomidate to his needs visual aids, computers, simple direct instructions one at a time perferable, this will also make things easier on you while you help educate your child to the best of THEIR ABILITIES. Good Luck and if you want to discuss anything eles I'd love to hear... Take care and chat soon

Amy - posted on 03/19/2010

Is he in a "self contained classroom?" thats what they call special ed here in AZ. My son too is MMR and he loves school, but he's in a special ed class and the work is the same as the "general" ed and meets state requirements but he gets more time on assignments and test, and is in a much smaller class where he can get the attention he needs. I'd suggest you talk with the school and if need be go all the way to the district or school board for assists because I believe its a national law or "no child left behind act" and disabilities too. I have no idea if any of this will help.

Susan - posted on 01/24/2010

hi,

does your son get,OT,SPEECH at school,my son has down syndrome and he is 9yrs old and cannot read and can only write his first name with help,we do as parents exspect to much from them,because they are in school all day and when they come home they dont wont to do home work my son never did so dont feel bad.does your son get a speech specialist because my son was given one and what helped him with sounds and words was a device called the go talk,its a device which has picture cards and words and when they push that picture or word it helps them repeat it aswell as identify the sounds and words you might wont to look into it.the website is www.attainmentcompany.com its for kids with special need.i hope this info may be of help.

Kristie - posted on 09/11/2009

i can totally understand how you feel, i have a child whom is and is borderline mentally retarted. he loves to try to learn but cant sound and match things he has learned most everything through pictures and music. He is 6 and we are fighting the school for everything and now we are home schooling him to where he will have lots of one on one.

Mary - posted on 07/24/2009

Michelle my daughter has been labeled the exact same. And she is now 15 and going into high school. I'm not going ot tell you this is easy. But remember that it is what it is, and do not try to expect too much. I have seen other kids in my daughters "learning lab class" where the parents expect their kids to keep up with the work of a "normal" child. You have to understand your child's limitations, and their strengths. My Daughters strength is her reading ability. She is absolutely fabulous at reading, but she stinks at anything relating to math. So focus on the strengths and try to work on the weakness's without drilling it to much that you child gets frustrated! I hope this helps. Oh also, try to get your child in with a IEP thru school, this will help a ton also.