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We are on an IEP as well, and we are having Brett pulled out for additional work too. We also get a worksheet on progress, and originally we were getting (rainy, sunny, cloudy) day, but we ask for more detail and now we are getting a (1/2/3) scale for each period of the day, applied to issues that he has problems with (like - does tasks the first time asked and keeps hands to himself). Plus he gets graded at the end of each period so he knows how he did and the teacher can reinforce the good aspect or request a better effort in the next period. This has helped us tremendously because he gets feedback on his behavior when it's more fresh in his mind. Brett now takes more responsibility for his actions, and in fact, we've just finished our 2nd all 3 week in a row. Another thing the breaking down by periods allowed us to discover was times of the day when we have more problems and areas of learning where he's either so far advanced that he's bored or it's something he's not really interested in (in our case Music - he'll often have a bad report from Music, but we've decided as long as the bad report is for not participating, and it's not for bothering others - we'll let it slide. If the child doesn't want to play an instrument or sing, we aren't going to make him).
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