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I have a boy who is super distracted. He is not paying
attention and plays with his pencil etc. His written work
is very poor. Holes in his paper, horrible printing etc.

Mom notices it too and has him practice printing at home
and she says he does beautifully but knows he is
distracted. She sees it when he is trying to do work with
his siblings.

She can imagine how he is in a class of 20 kids!

So she is asking me what we can do about it. She sees it is
affecting his work.

I dont think he is ADHD. I think it is immaturity . Mom
calls him the "spacey "one, always drifting off.

so what can I do in the classroom to help him? I tried
headphones., oh he did not like that ( our Sped teacher
uses them for an autistic kid)

I had him sit by himself but he felt it was punishment as
he is social.

MOm showed me his printing he did at home so now I KNOW he
can do it... but doesnt for me. It this distractibility
thing.

But I have 20 others kids all by myself and several very
needy and low kids. This boy is more average. I wish I had
more 1-1 time with him... but with budget cuts, we lost our
aides and have more sped kids in the room with no support.

Please give suggestions. I really want to help him.

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