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[quote=Anonymous]PP - My DD had trouble with reading in kindergarten. FCPS said wait; reading specialist said we won't know anything until 3rd grade. DD still had trouble in 1st grade. I asked for testing and school refused because her grades were too high. I got private testing with a diagnosis. School said we can't do anything until she is two grade levels behind - she must fail before we can help her. So we had to go to private school -- She just could not be writing book reports along with the rest of the 1st grade class without any help. So maybe your school is unique, but the elementary school we attend has been horrible. None of the special ed teachers are trained in dyslexia, the reading specialist doesn't know one thing about it, and neither do the teachers. But I don't mean to sound like I am blaming them -- I blame the system and the schools that offer education degrees., The teachers who are open to learning about dyslexia are always shocked that they did not learn about it in school or in their continuing ed training, especially since it is so prevalent and treatable. I have talked to FCPS administrators about this problem and they have done nothing to address it. Yet lots of other smaller school systems throughout the country formally recognize dyslexia and even routinely screen for it in kindergarten! From a cost perspective, this is much less expensive....and think about all of the ways kids can be helped through early identification.[/quote]
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