Explicit Dyslexia Instruction in Loudoun County

[Anonymous]

My child has severe dyslexia and we currently live in Fairfax County. He is a 4th grader and they do not offer an explicit program to meet his needs.

I am curious if anyone who currently lives in Loudoun County who has children with severe Dyslexia can comment on their programs. Or even better if there is a special ed teacher that can comment.

Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher. Dyslexia is really under addressed. Very little training in it and the goals created for dyslexic kids are usually awful. I had one student have a goal to have NO errors after self editing a paragraph. Ridiculous. The kids I know who have made good progress with dyslexia got outside support at Lindamood Bell.

[Anonymous]

Loudoun is the same as Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

You may want to post on the Special Needs forum. Many parents there will know and commiserate with you.

[Anonymous]

Loudoun has gone through a big push for the Orton Gillingham approach. FCPS is more scattered. Prefer LCPS approach.

[Anonymous]

Only district in region to remediate is little old wonderful Frederick County (up time Tier 2). MoCo is criminal outfit to dyslexics (I know you are in Virginia but I will forever troll MCPS on all posts for how they gaslighted our family) but if you can move to Frederick they will treat you the best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher. Dyslexia is really under addressed. Very little training in it and the goals created for dyslexic kids are usually awful. I had one student have a goal to have NO errors after self editing a paragraph. Ridiculous. The kids I know who have made good progress with dyslexia got outside support at Lindamood Bell.

How elitist! LB costs parents around 10k or more!!! WTF!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher. Dyslexia is really under addressed. Very little training in it and the goals created for dyslexic kids are usually awful. I had one student have a goal to have NO errors after self editing a paragraph. Ridiculous. The kids I know who have made good progress with dyslexia got outside support at Lindamood Bell.

How elitist! LB costs parents around 10k or more!!! WTF!

NP. It’s not elitist. It’s an effective program. The public schools should be using evidence based programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher. Dyslexia is really under addressed. Very little training in it and the goals created for dyslexic kids are usually awful. I had one student have a goal to have NO errors after self editing a paragraph. Ridiculous. The kids I know who have made good progress with dyslexia got outside support at Lindamood Bell.

How elitist! LB costs parents around 10k or more!!! WTF!

NP. It’s not elitist. It’s an effective program. The public schools should be using evidence based programs.

It is federal law that evidence based programs at used to support children with learning disabilities.

Loudon uses OG.

[Anonymous]

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/HI-readingmatrix.pdf

[Anonymous]

FCPS is offering Orton gillingham to some students now. If you are not being offered it at your school- call Carrie Leestma in the dyslexia/special ed office and demand it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher. Dyslexia is really under addressed. Very little training in it and the goals created for dyslexic kids are usually awful. I had one student have a goal to have NO errors after self editing a paragraph. Ridiculous. The kids I know who have made good progress with dyslexia got outside support at Lindamood Bell.

I like this goal. The school will have to keep helping until the student meets it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher. Dyslexia is really under addressed. Very little training in it and the goals created for dyslexic kids are usually awful. I had one student have a goal to have NO errors after self editing a paragraph. Ridiculous. The kids I know who have made good progress with dyslexia got outside support at Lindamood Bell.

I like this goal. The school will have to keep helping until the student meets it.

The schools don’t care. They want to do as little as possible for dyslexia kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher. Dyslexia is really under addressed. Very little training in it and the goals created for dyslexic kids are usually awful. I had one student have a goal to have NO errors after self editing a paragraph. Ridiculous. The kids I know who have made good progress with dyslexia got outside support at Lindamood Bell.

Thank you for your honesty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher. Dyslexia is really under addressed. Very little training in it and the goals created for dyslexic kids are usually awful. I had one student have a goal to have NO errors after self editing a paragraph. Ridiculous. The kids I know who have made good progress with dyslexia got outside support at Lindamood Bell.

How elitist! LB costs parents around 10k or more!!! WTF!

Look, OP asked for our advice and experience as teachers. I never claimed LMB was cheap or affordable. I said the kids with dyslexia who made real progress are the ones who went there. Public schools are not equipped in large part to teach kids who are dyslexic or implement programs that assist them in growth.