Greetings HSBBW

Welcome! I joined for the same reasons more than 10 years ago and this site and the people on it were invaluable in helping me help my son through high school and college baseball. Have a great ride.

@Iowamom23 posted:

Welcome! I joined for the same reasons more than 10 years ago and this site and the people on it were invaluable in helping me help my son through high school and college baseball. Have a great ride.

Thank you @Iowamom23. My main concern now is how to maximize my son’s performance in the classroom. He has some learning disabilities (dyslexia, adhd) but does great with small groups and 1-1.

If anyone has experiences/ideas about helping student athletes with learning disabilities becomes  best students they can be, I’m open to suggestions.  

Thank you again for the warm welcome.

Welcome!  I think I joined when my oldest was 12 as well.  Lots of good people here.  I’ve learned so much.  My biggest takeaway is; control what you can control.  Bigger faster stronger.

@Iowamom23 posted:

Welcome! I joined for the same reasons more than 10 years ago and this site and the people on it were invaluable in helping me help my son through high school and college baseball. Have a great ride.

Dyslexia is tough to deal with and, at some point, if not already, it can become a self-esteem problem.  The good news is that with technology there are so many new strategies that can help a person with dyslexia recognize problems and improve reading strategies. 

Back in the day, I might have been diagnosed with ADHD.  I had such a hard time sitting in class.  However, I was straight A's.  I always felt that I knew what the teacher was going to teach and could not focus on what they were trying to teach each day.  In fact, I had a Health Teacher who came to me one day in class, grabbed me by my neck, and threw me on the ground.  He told me that I would never be allowed to sit in his class again.  Again, today, there are strategies that your son will have to use if he wants to play.

I have coached a lot of people with learning disabilities.  Several have gone on to play in college.  There is a level of discipline that will be required of your son in order to get the grades to play.  It will help a lot if you and your family can establish routines that meet his needs and gives him structure in order to get his homework completed and prepare for assessments. 

My son has ADHD (inattentive presentation), but I never medicated him. He graduated high school with a 3.83 if I recall. Key thing was to make sure he's in the right level classes and advocate for him when needed. Copy of the notes and a central location of assignment due dates and quiz/test dates is a definite must for him. We also did a lot of small things at home; which are universal to help anyone regardless of ADHD or not. List making, asking him to repeat what was said, gave him shortened broken up tasks, kept him on a routine, audio version of books for reading assignments, music without words and dimmed lights when he was trying to study to block out other distractions; stretching/yoga breaks. Those are things that come to mind.

If he is good with small groups make sure that stays on his accommodations sheet. There are accommodations that he can get for the SAT/ACT when he's at that point, but he has to have them in his 504 accommodations.

@CoachB25 posted:

Dyslexia is tough to deal with and, at some point, if not already, it can become a self-esteem problem.  The good news is that with technology there are so many new strategies that can help a person with dyslexia recognize problems and improve reading strategies.

Back in the day, I might have been diagnosed with ADHD.  I had such a hard time sitting in class.  However, I was straight A's.  I always felt that I knew what the teacher was going to teach and could not focus on what they were trying to teach each day.  In fact, I had a Health Teacher who came to me one day in class, grabbed me by my neck, and threw me on the ground.  He told me that I would never be allowed to sit in his class again.  Again, today, there are strategies that your son will have to use if he wants to play.

I have coached a lot of people with learning disabilities.  Several have gone on to play in college.  There is a level of discipline that will be required of your son in order to get the grades to play.  It will help a lot if you and your family can establish routines that meet his needs and gives him structure in order to get his homework completed and prepare for assessments.

Thank you for your insight. Right now he’s reading at grade level and gets all A’s and B’s in his Classes (except a C in P.E), but as his class work intensifies, I’m anticipating some challenges.

@Momball11 posted:

My son has ADHD (inattentive presentation), but I never medicated him. He graduated high school with a 3.83 if I recall. Key thing was to make sure he's in the right level classes and advocate for him when needed. Copy of the notes and a central location of assignment due dates and quiz/test dates is a definite must for him. We also did a lot of small things at home; which are universal to help anyone regardless of ADHD or not. List making, asking him to repeat what was said, gave him shortened broken up tasks, kept him on a routine, audio version of books for reading assignments, music without words and dimmed lights when he was trying to study to block out other distractions; stretching/yoga breaks. Those are things that come to mind.

If he is good with small groups make sure that stays on his accommodations sheet. There are accommodations that he can get for the SAT/ACT when he's at that point, but he has to have them in his 504 accommodations.

Thank you. He does have a 504 with details about what accommodations he needs. Your suggestions are great. His mother puts a lot of time and effort into helping his organization skills and I’m sure I can also help provide more structure as well.

@Dadof3 posted:

Welcome!  I think I joined when my oldest was 12 as well.  Lots of good people here.  I’ve learned so much.  My biggest takeaway is; control what you can control.  Bigger faster stronger.

Thank you for the welcome and words of wisdom.

@Momball11 posted:

My son has ADHD (inattentive presentation), but I never medicated him. He graduated high school with a 3.83 if I recall. Key thing was to make sure he's in the right level classes and advocate for him when needed. Copy of the notes and a central location of assignment due dates and quiz/test dates is a definite must for him. We also did a lot of small things at home; which are universal to help anyone regardless of ADHD or not. List making, asking him to repeat what was said, gave him shortened broken up tasks, kept him on a routine, audio version of books for reading assignments, music without words and dimmed lights when he was trying to study to block out other distractions; stretching/yoga breaks. Those are things that come to mind.

If he is good with small groups make sure that stays on his accommodations sheet. There are accommodations that he can get for the SAT/ACT when he's at that point, but he has to have them in his 504 accommodations.

Something you said echoed in my head “repeat what was said”.  How can I translate this to the field?  Is there enough time in a practice to be so accommodating to individual players?

We have great relationships with his coaches. how would you suggest I communicate my son’s needs to them?

his baseball IQ suffers largely due to his adhd.