1. Homework done on time on Monday through Friday, you get a pop on Friday. (Your choice.)

2. A-C grades all semester (Aug. through Dec.) pizza party. (In this case you could have everyone working on something to get to go to the pizza party.)

There are multiple things that a child can have problems with. Maybe they aren’t listening in class, talking when you should be the only one talking. Not working on homework when given the time. You could have a store where you get money out all week for certain things and they can buy things with the money. You could have a small party every week (pop and popcorn and a movie for an hour) for the students who met their goals that week. If you didn’t meet your goal then you don’t get to be a part. Set it up so they can go to the library or somewhere else. Soon they will want to be a part of the fun!!

Good luck. Learning Disiblities take time and patience.

Discipline and Structure. All the patience and love will do no bit of good if you let the children walk all over you and do what you want. Also, once you evaluate them and see their boundaries, raise their limits and expect the next step from them. Obviously you need to make sure you give them proper instruction on the next step, but just don’t be complacent and say “Well Johnny can only do so-and-so until it becomes too difficult for him so we’ll let him stay here.”

Attitudes like that allow for lazy and unchallenged children of all kinds (not just the special needs). Just because they need the repetition or the extra time to finish doesn’t mean they can’t keep progressing….unless of course they can’t. Remember there are some with extreme physical and mental limitations. All I’m saying is to make sure you challenge them, it makes it all the more worth it and builds self-esteem.

good luck what ur planning on doing is a great thing, and i thank people like you who care for others:)