Its much better if you can get into a special school.
I work with special needs kids at a special school and they are all praised and told how awesome they are.

Some schools have extra teachers/teacher’s assistants who help special needs children to learn at their pace but using different methods too. Some spend part of their time one-on-one with an extra person who knows how best to help the individual pupil retain their self-esteem and confidence which often helps them with their learning and communication skills.
There simply is enough staff being employed to help those who need it. Govt. funding is not spent where it should be.

Bless this mums heart !! The school system certainly needs to change and a lot !!

What a beautiful mother.This mother should get a report saying Think before you give a child another thing to put them down A. Well done to a beautiful mother. Xx

What a lovely idea. I bet Qwyn’s face lit up when he read it.

Yes I have heard more cases of this occurring. It is such a clever idea after all we are not all gifted at everything. We excel in areas of interest and we should stop discouraging kids at a yearly point and help them through the struggles.

Thank you for sharing this. It has made me understand our young son’s attitude more. He has a very mild case of autism. Your son is a beautiful boy with a big heart from what I’ve read. Report cards never talk about the child, just the school work.

What an amazing mum!

Mum should get an A for caring on her report.

Congratulations to Mum, a job well done.

I love this, well done. I am the Mum of a teen son with ASD who is in the middle of Year 12. I seriously cannot wait for him to finish school, hopefully with a Year 12 pass. School has not been good for him – the academics has sometimes crippled him and we have to advocate for him regularly as he does not fit the norm. I’m used to people looking at me with raised eyebrows or cnofused looks. They know my son so can’t understand the issues he would have!!!! I keep hearing ‘if you didn’t know, you wouldn’t know’ which is great for him. But, it also doesnt’ help him at school. Teachers, although briefed, forget his struggles, his challenges, his triggers. The system has let my son down. He uses many aids, in some subjects with lots of writing, and has done since Year 8, only for VCAA to refuse his special considerations for Year 12 and make him stop everything before mid-year. This derailed him so badly that he is now going unscored and can not get a study score or ATAR to get into Uni. We just need to get him to the end of Term 3 with a Year 12 pass. I tell him that when he leaves the institution of education he will flourish in what he wants to do – away from the unjust system that cannot fully cater for him, away from the students who don’t understand his uniqueness and how special he is. He will find himself once he’s out of school. We’ve worked so hard to get him here, we’ve just got one term to go.

What a great Mum, well done.

As much as it’s a good thing in some way to intergrate these kids into ‘normal’ schools .. it’s not always the best fit for the child Good job mum

Reports are just one measurement at school – there are so many other measurements at school and for later on.

Well done mum

I have a nephew on the spectrum, school and he just didn’t work. All he wanted was to get through school and finish his HSC. Unfortunately he got no support or understanding as the school just wasn’t equipped to deal with his Aspergers, despite him being so high functioning. So many schools these days are so focused on academic result or sporting achievements that anyone who falls out of these categories don’t get the support they should. It’s sad, it’s almost like they’re not worth the funding dollars because they don’t necessarily contribute to the reputation of the school. It’s ironic, really, education is so important but the system teaching our children is so lacking in education.

We wait for the report cards to see how our child is going. Then we get it, most times it is not we think it should be. Report cards also reflect what a teacher thinks and reacts to your child.

There is a lack of training with teachers and school communities in regards to autism. An autistic child is often isolated, picked on to watch him/her “snap”. Teachers can be cutting in remarks. Students, too. There needs to be a true understanding and modifications for their assignments so they can cope. I know three different mums with autistic children. Alot of heartache.

Report cards are some good info for parents but it isn’t the only thing that’s important.
I know my grades were good, not great but good. Yet every report would mention how I was quiet and should apply myself better. I always remember trying my best but not getting top marks and of course it wasn’t good enough.
I just wish w could stop liking at intelligence as just being able to memorize specific information which may not even apply to normal everyday life

It proves that report cards and not healthy. Not only should Autistic kids get more support so should homeschoolers, they are saving the Government thousands of dollars but get no more income support to buy things they need or take their kids out to educate them at museums etc.