Okay, so let's look at the timeline. The sped team waits until the fall. Best case scenario, they start the testing in September. They do the testing and then turn around the results in...what...one month? Two months? Then they meet again. Then they decide which interventions to use. If it is a pull-out, is the pull-out a small group taught with sequentially and the lessons build upon each other? If so, can a student be added after months have passed? The sped team may be professionals and they may have children's best interest at heart, in general. Of course. But I know more about dyslexia than the average sped teacher in ES. Because they don't specialize in it. They have a lot of different factors to consider and a lot of different diagnosis's. I have a kid in HS now and just had the millionth IEP meeting. Great teacher of record for my kid. She didn't even know my kid has dyslexia because the school doesn't transfer records properly from MS to HS. My DS has had a dyslexia diagnosis since he was 6 years old. She thought he had a learning disability in math. He doesn't have a learning disability in math. Dyslexia impacts him in math. Don't blindly listen to the schools. I wish you could but you simply cannot. |
This. I would not wait, OP. |
I have 2 children with IEPs. Yes, I think the school in general has the best interest of children in mind. However, extra support and especially an IEP is not something that is done overnight. There is a big difference in getting interventions through school and having an IEP with goals and mandated support. Ask for an evaluation and IEP NOW!!!! |
Not accurate at all. So much inaccurate, negative information shared on this forum. |
I think your ignorance is bliss. Interventions from a reading specialist doing OG are solid. It’s why so many of you parents praise tutors, who are not special education teachers. Yet all you insist on receiving l special education services, while you also harshly criticize and discredit special education staff. You make no sense. You have no idea. You are not professionals, you are scared and distrustful, and you (appallingly) advise other parents to follow in your foot steps. There are so many things wrong here. You’re the problem in so many ways and it is just so sad, because you continue to act like victims. |
Oh you are so right….such great educational outcomes for all our kids with learning differences how can we not just trust you. Maybe then they will be literate by the time they are 16, if ever. Throw in a math issue and you guys just nail it. We are so lucky to have you. |
Late august bday? You should have held him back in K, but not too late to repeat 1st. Repeat 1st and get the testing started. |
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The team can deny evaluations if they don't suspect a disability. Clearly, that's not the case here. They cannot deny evaluations because they want to complete the RTI process. |
Put it in writing and submit the request tomorrow morning. He's almost 7, he's almost done with first grade, time is ticking. |
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I would request testing this year. You can also get this done in the private sector if you want quicker answers and are willing to pay out of pocket.
In the meantime while you wait for testing, if you can afford it, start getting tutoring from a tutor who specializes in Orton Gillingham. You need a structured literacy plan. It won’t hurt your kid if it turns out to not be dyslexia. Kids with dyslexia don’t really progress without structured legacy/with regular interventions. With dyslexia, starting with the tutoring earlier is best. My son is dyslexic. I suspected in first grade and he didn’t get diagnosed until summer before third grade. He lost a lot of time that could have closed the gap if we’d known sooner. |
So there are certain tests for dyslexia that require a child to be 7? |
Your post makes no sense. The sped teams at the multiple schools my kids have been in have all been dedicated teachers. But there are about four of them in these massive schools. There is no way they can give one child the support needed to move the dial on dyslexia. And often they know little about dyslexia to begin with- maybe a seminar one weekend. For those of us who can, get the evaluation and get private tutoring. Do not rely on the public schools. They simply cannot do it. Not because they don’t want to but because they don’t have the resources. |