Too much homework for a 1rst grader with ODD?

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My six year old was diagnosed last year after going to four different professionals with having ODD. As a result he has a very hard time focusing, it normally takes three times as long for him to do his homework as a 'normal' child would. His handwriting is also behind so I as well as his occupational therapist/speech therapist have been working on it with him. Well his homework is currently: 1) Read one book a night and ask five questions for him to answer, 2) Go over sight words (10 words a week), 3) do one spelling block a night (such as write a story using your sight words or write your sight words five times each) 4) do one math block a night. It isn't too much except when you have a child who takes three times as long to accomplish it all :/ On top of having to ask him to erase and rewrite constantly because his teacher will put a red mark on it if she thinks it is not written good enough. Then she will send a note home asking him to re do it even though she knows we have been trying hard to work with him on his handwriting. I am trying my best to work with him on all of this, he gets overwelmed easily and 'shuts down' because he gets so frusterated with the homework. His dad works 1pm-3am so it is pretty much up to me to do the homework with both kids. Any other mom out there who shares this frusteration? Do you have a child with ODD or ADD? Any tips?

My dd's 1st grade teacher sent home a packet of work on Monday and it was due on Friday.

They consider him as IEP but they said he still has to complete the same amount of homework in the same amount of time. I am grateful that he was able to receive speech therapy as well as occupational therapy through the IEP program.
Quoting ElitestJen:
If you think it's too much, get an IEP and fix it.





Quoting Anonymous:They consider him as IEP but they said he still has to complete the same amount of homework in the same amount of time. I am grateful that he was able to receive speech therapy as well as occupational therapy through the IEP program.
Quoting ElitestJen:
If you think it's too much, get an IEP and fix it.
Um....I don't think you understand what an IEP is. It stands for Individual Education Plan. It is not a "program." You have the right to contribute to the IEP and state your concerns. You can absolutely schedule an IEP meeting and have it changed. Contact the Special Education department of your school district for further information. You are going to have to spearhead this. They're not going to the work for you.