- Your child's teacher or school counselor recommends it. This may happen at a parent-teacher conference or when progress reports or report cards go home.
- Your child's grades start to fall, even though he seems to be working.
- Your child's homework is neither complete nor accurate, no matter how long she spends doing it. This may indicate a lack of basic skills or a weakness in a specific academic area.
- Your child shows an increasing lack of confidence and motivation.
- Your child has lost interest in learning.
- Your child has extreme anxiety before tests.
- Your child is reluctant to go to school because he fears failure or criticism.
- Your child's teacher says she is acting up or becoming a behavior problem.
- Your child says, "I'm too stupid. I'll never understand this stuff."
- Your child says, "I give up." Or worse, you hear yourself saying it.
Reprinted from the AZ Republic

