A 15 year old boy who has worked his way in and out of various schools in the region came to ALS through the NZ Correspondence School support teacher. At first he was very unsettled and his attendance was irregular. He found the course content irrelevant and boring. We discussed this with the support teacher and new, more interesting booklets have been started. Another issue has been his constant use of a cell phone resulting poor concentration.
We began setting the alarm for 10 minutes work, then a few minutes to clear texts and then back to work for another 10 minutes. He’s managing 30 minutes of work now and arrives ready to get stuck in. One of his English books requires using an MP3 player which is fun and he enjoys working on his spelling with the ‘Nessy’ computer programme. This plus the Lexia Cross Trainer programme provide a varied morning for him.