Common Homework Problem Profiles

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Ann Dolin
Educational Connections
www.ectutoring.com  
703-934-8282

Ann Dolin, M.Ed. is the President and Director of Educational Connections.  She holds a B.A. in Child Psychology/Elementary Education and a Master's degree in Special Education, with a concentration in Learning Disabilities, from Boston College.

After leaving FCPS in 1998, Ann founded Educational Connections, Inc. as its only employee with the goal of providing individualized one-to-one instruction based on each student's learning style.  Today, her company employs over 100 tutors, serves the entire metropolitan D.C. area, and has worked with over 2,000 students.

Ann is a recognized expert in education and learning disability issues.  She has provided testimony in trials related to education and learning disabilities.  She is a member of WISER (Washington Independent Services for Educational Resources) and is the coordinator of CHADD of Northern Virginia (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder).  She is also a member of the Education Industry Association, Council for Learning Disabilities, and a board member for the International Dyslexia Association.  She travels throughout the D.C. Metro area presenting at parent and teacher groups on a variety of educational topics. 

Common Homework Problem Profiles

In this video, Ann Dolin, M.Ed. describes the common struggles many students and parents face at homework time. This video series includes best strategies for helping students that are chronically disorganized, avoid homework, procrastinate studying, rush through homework and have careless errors, constantly fidget during homework, and become emotionally overwhelmed at homework time. Her easy to use suggestions are a sure way to take the stress out of homework.

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Ann Dolin: Hi! I am Ann Dolin. Today we are talking about how to make homework simpler for your child. We are going to now discuss some of the six most common pitfalls you may experience with your child during homework time. Over the years, I have worked with hundreds of students and through my time with them, I have identified six of the most common homework profiles that impede academic success. They are disorganization. Student who is chronically disorganized has a hard time keeping his binders, backpack and even his room neat. The student who rushes through homework, the child who doesn't pay much attention to detail, works quickly often sacrificing quality in his work.

The Avoider, the child that will avoid homework at all costs often combine-up with many different excuses as to why he or she has no homework that evening. The Procrastinator, the student who perpetually puts off what could be done today. The student has quite a bit of difficulty with long term assignments and often waits until the nights before to get their work done. The Fidgetor, the child who is often off-task during homework, tapping pencils, getting up to go to the bathroom, looking around the house for materials and has a hard time sustaining focus and getting his work done. Then finally, there is a Struggler and the struggler is a child who has difficulty for many reasons. That often their emotions impact them during the homework process and battles ensue and tears flow when things get too difficult. Those are the six most common homework profiles. We will address specific solutions for each one of them later in the video, but now let's talk about how to get started with homework after your child returns from school.

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