Tough Day for Jack

Today at school they sprung something new on Jack that totally threw him for a loop.  In his 9th period class he has the opportunity to do homework in a study hall class.  He loves it.  He works on his homework and then he can come home and relax without having to worry about homework.  It makes life much more pleasant for him.  They decided to start a program with him today in 9th period that they feel will really help him out.  Unfortunately that will not allow him to do his homework in study hall.  He had a major meltdown because of that.  When he walked in the house he threw his backpack across the floor, went upstairs and barricaded himself in his room and cried.  He said he was never going back to school.  The poor miserable boy.  I had to go to class shortly after and so I didn't see him for another hour and 40 minutes.  When I got home he was doing well but when I brought up the subject he became quite angry and upset.  I let it go so he could calm down.  We then talked again when he brought me his tracker that he had crumpled up.  I opened it to see that the program they are introducing him to is the Superflex program that he has already done for years at South Elementary. I think he is mentally done with that program.  He has seen it, he knows the characters, he is tired and all he really wants to do in 9th period is relax for a few minutes and then do his homework.  Well, this program is supposed to only run for a couple of weeks.  I sent his SPED teacher a message about his experience with Superflex already and his real desire to work on homework in that last period of the day.  I mentioned that Jack wasn't really going to use his flexible brain on this even though he knows all about it.  After I sent the message his demeanor changed and he told me he thought he could do it.  We got his homework done. I don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Hopefully Jack will have grown to accept the idea and will do better tomorrow.  Some days this can be quite exhausting.  At times I feel like I am fighting a losing battle and it is not easy to carry on. I just press forward doing the best I know to do and hope.