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avatarBrenda
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no concerns about turning in assignments

She does not turn in all assignments and has problems with doing extra credit as well as getting make up assignments.

Question applies to ages: 13

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avatarBridgette
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Top 5 in: Discipline, Families and Relationships, Growth and Development, Learning Styles, Manners and Values, Parenting Support, Parents and SchoolsTop 5 in 7 Topics		 Thirteen is right about that age where students have to make the transition from being reminded of everything to having to take responsibility for their own work without prompts from teachers or other adults. Some children make the transition easier than others.

The difficult part of this is that you want to help her to be self-motivated, so some of the solutions that might have worked for a younger age can be more problematic at this age.

A couple of ideas:

* Try getting her a planner and teach her how to set it up so that every time she is given an assignment, she records it on the day that it is due. If she misses a day, have her write in that day what she missed on the next day. Then check in with her twice a day--once in the morning before school and once in the evening. Don't offer to do the planner for her, but remind her to look at it and then ask whether she knows what she needs to do.

* Set up an Excel spreadsheet or a Word document that can be used to track her assignments, extra credit, and make-up work.

* Help her to set priorities by showing her that her schoolwork is important. You can do things like say that screen time (television, video games, or recreational computer use) and phone use (including texting) is not allowed until homework is done each night--which includes extra credit and make-up assignments.

* Before she goes to bed at night, ask her to list on a piece of paper which assignments she has to turn in the next day. When she gets home, ask her to check off whatever she turned in. At the end of the week, send it to school and ask her teacher whether they would initial the document to show that they did receive the assignments. Perhaps they would also be willing to mark any assignments that were not on the list.

Good luck to you and your daughter!
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