What school in upper NW does Dyslexia well?

[Anonymous]

Considering the lottery b/c our experience is so bad at our current school. Looking for schools that do 4th /5th grade well. No need to tell me where to avoid. TIA!

[Anonymous]

LAB school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LAB school

. I don’t think I can lottery in.

[Anonymous]

Does your child need remediation or mostly supports and technology at this point?

Also, the Special Needs will probably have more feedback.

[Anonymous]

I've heard Latin handles it well. Not NW, but you can try to lottery in.

[Anonymous]

Eaton

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does your child need remediation or mostly supports and technology at this point?

Also, the Special Needs will probably have more feedback.

Still remediation - I was trying to stay in DCPS forum as I really want to limit conversation to DCPS school options for lottery -

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eaton

Can you share why? I have friends who were at Eaton. They stated that their child had all the hours requested for support - but that none of the individuals delivering services were actually trained in programs to provide the targeted instruction. [example - no one was Wilson trained]
But your experience is different?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does your child need remediation or mostly supports and technology at this point?

Also, the Special Needs will probably have more feedback.

Still remediation - I was trying to stay in DCPS forum as I really want to limit conversation to DCPS school options for lottery -

Thanks!

Understand. There are DCPS folks on that board too.

[Anonymous]

None of them. You can buy the Wilson program and do it yourself everyday after school for 30 minutes. That is way more valuable than being in a group of 4 who aren't even at the same level and missing class to get pulled out and instructed by an aide because the teacher keeps getting pulled away for meetings or to deal with situations.

[Anonymous]

OP's problem is that DCPS doesn't have enough special educators trained in Orton-Gillingham based programs (Wilson, Barton, LMB) AND when you can find one you can't count on that person being there long-term. Special ed teachers move pretty frequently.

The folks who are trained tend to have come to the district with that training. It isn't really isn't taught in college, even if you have a degree in special education.

The last problem is that even if you find a school with a sped teacher with that training, is getting enough hours in the IEP to deliver that program with fidelity. Most require 5 hours a week minimum.

My suggestion is to find a school that you are happy with overall -- and if you can't afford a private tutor -- purchase Barton and work on your own with your kid. Laypeople can and do successfully use that program and it is relatively inexpensive.

Do not trust any school to do enough for your kid. And based on what I see on the SN forum, this issue is not limited to DCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP's problem is that DCPS doesn't have enough special educators trained in Orton-Gillingham based programs (Wilson, Barton, LMB) AND when you can find one you can't count on that person being there long-term. Special ed teachers move pretty frequently.

The folks who are trained tend to have come to the district with that training. It isn't really isn't taught in college, even if you have a degree in special education.

The last problem is that even if you find a school with a sped teacher with that training, is getting enough hours in the IEP to deliver that program with fidelity. Most require 5 hours a week minimum.

My suggestion is to find a school that you are happy with overall -- and if you can't afford a private tutor -- purchase Barton and work on your own with your kid. Laypeople can and do successfully use that program and it is relatively inexpensive.

Do not trust any school to do enough for your kid. And based on what I see on the SN forum, this issue is not limited to DCPS.

This. If things are bad enough, I know people who have been successful getting funding for Lab. It's harder than it used to be, but not impossible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP's problem is that DCPS doesn't have enough special educators trained in Orton-Gillingham based programs (Wilson, Barton, LMB) AND when you can find one you can't count on that person being there long-term. Special ed teachers move pretty frequently.

The folks who are trained tend to have come to the district with that training. It isn't really isn't taught in college, even if you have a degree in special education.

The last problem is that even if you find a school with a sped teacher with that training, is getting enough hours in the IEP to deliver that program with fidelity. Most require 5 hours a week minimum.

My suggestion is to find a school that you are happy with overall -- and if you can't afford a private tutor -- purchase Barton and work on your own with your kid. Laypeople can and do successfully use that program and it is relatively inexpensive.

Do not trust any school to do enough for your kid. And based on what I see on the SN forum, this issue is not limited to DCPS.

This. If things are bad enough, I know people who have been successful getting funding for Lab. It's harder than it used to be, but not impossible.

Yes. Your child would have to have had IEP and has failed to make any meaningful progress for a long time (or was never given one despite evidence it was needed). If you are coming into DCPS from either a charter or a private school, however, DCPS would get time to prove it could remediate before you could pursue private placement. If you are outside DCPS now, pursuing a private placement at city expense if your public school has failed your kid, may make more sense than transferring LEAs. While lotterying, OP may want to contact AJE and discuss next steps at no cost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP's problem is that DCPS doesn't have enough special educators trained in Orton-Gillingham based programs (Wilson, Barton, LMB) AND when you can find one you can't count on that person being there long-term. Special ed teachers move pretty frequently.

The folks who are trained tend to have come to the district with that training. It isn't really isn't taught in college, even if you have a degree in special education.

The last problem is that even if you find a school with a sped teacher with that training, is getting enough hours in the IEP to deliver that program with fidelity. Most require 5 hours a week minimum.

My suggestion is to find a school that you are happy with overall -- and if you can't afford a private tutor -- purchase Barton and work on your own with your kid. Laypeople can and do successfully use that program and it is relatively inexpensive.

Do not trust any school to do enough for your kid. And based on what I see on the SN forum, this issue is not limited to DCPS.

This. If things are bad enough, I know people who have been successful getting funding for Lab. It's harder than it used to be, but not impossible.

This + 1. We supplemented by doing Lindamood Bell, which is expensive for outside tutoring/services but worked very well for DC. We were lucky for 2 years there was an O-G trained teacher at our WTOP school, which was good but still honestly wasn't sufficient (2x per week & not enough intensity). Then they left and it's been a hot mess of untrained support where the pull outs and supports are more or less useless. There are some schools where the principals/admin are more supportive of special ed than others, which is one real factor to look for. But then the other is this luck/unluck of the draw on which teachers are there & they do often leave quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP's problem is that DCPS doesn't have enough special educators trained in Orton-Gillingham based programs (Wilson, Barton, LMB) AND when you can find one you can't count on that person being there long-term. Special ed teachers move pretty frequently.

The folks who are trained tend to have come to the district with that training. It isn't really isn't taught in college, even if you have a degree in special education.

The last problem is that even if you find a school with a sped teacher with that training, is getting enough hours in the IEP to deliver that program with fidelity. Most require 5 hours a week minimum.

My suggestion is to find a school that you are happy with overall -- and if you can't afford a private tutor -- purchase Barton and work on your own with your kid. Laypeople can and do successfully use that program and it is relatively inexpensive.

Do not trust any school to do enough for your kid. And based on what I see on the SN forum, this issue is not limited to DCPS.

This. If things are bad enough, I know people who have been successful getting funding for Lab. It's harder than it used to be, but not impossible.

Yes. Your child would have to have had IEP and has failed to make any meaningful progress for a long time (or was never given one despite evidence it was needed). If you are coming into DCPS from either a charter or a private school, however, DCPS would get time to prove it could remediate before you could pursue private placement. If you are outside DCPS now, pursuing a private placement at city expense if your public school has failed your kid, may make more sense than transferring LEAs. While lotterying, OP may want to contact AJE and discuss next steps at no cost.

This is not universally true as the requirement for private placement at Lab. (having been through it and this wasn't our situation). But you do need to get legal support (privately paying or try AJE who wasn't that responsive in helping us) to get their sense of your situtaion.