One on One

In the classroom I am volunteering in for my hours, I am mostly working one on one with a student that needs a lot of extra help. He is very receptive to me helping him when I am there. I was told that when I am not there that he spends most of his day in the resource room. I don't know exactly what his disability is, but in my perceiving him,  I believe he has a bad case of ADHD and some other disability along with it. I have to constantly keep him on task. 

This particular student is very particular in his work. If something isn't exactly the way he wants it he will go back and fix it two or three times. He has a hard time finishing work and his teacher told me she doesn't grade his work at all. I noticed when we do assignments together sometimes he will grasp the concept and sometimes I have to explain the concept each time we move on to the next problem over again. It seems he has a hard time retaining the information. 

It is particularly rewarding when you come in and see this student's great big smile because he knows that you are there to work with him each day. It can be frustrating sometimes to know that he might not get it, but knowing that he doesn't have to spend the day in the resource room and he gets to spend most of the day with his peers because I am there makes it worth going in each day!