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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, did you sign the IEP document? It should have the hours and goals spelled out. They have to provide services during the school day for the regular school year and, if your child is eligible, Extended School Year (summer).

Have they explained placement vs Location of Services (LOS)? If the services and hours you agree on in the IEP cannot be met at your school, DCPS will offer a LOS at another school with transportation. For example, a kid at Stoddert with a reading disorder could be transferred to the Specific Learning Support LOS at Murch and DCPS would be in compliance.

Thus doesn't have to be a fight, but to some extent the principal and teachers' hands are tied on what they can specify. Buzzwords are less important than descriptions and licatoon of sevices.[/quote]

Thank you for your feedback.  The IEP is based on a 'learning disability specific to reading' and not on dyslexia specifically so the daily pull-out that he gets has not been targeted enough.  We are only now introducing the school with the dyslexia diagnosis so not sure if that will change the IEP.  My understanding is that he needs some sort of OG or Wilson method of instruction that I just want to know if I have the right to ask for.

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You have the right to ask for a reading program that has been proven in peer-reviewed studies. Schools will usually resist naming the program because then they have to make sure they have staff trained in xyz program.

Orton-Gillingham isn't a specific probram; it is a multi-sensory approach to teaching reading. The Wilson program is based on OG principles; so is Barton and Lindamood Bell. Just to make it more confusing, some school districts use a reading program called "Fundations" for all students. IT is also a Wilson program and pretty well regarded, but it is not designed for children with learning differences.

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Thank you so much!  Not sure where else I would find this information.  His school uses Fundations so, if I am understanding correctly, I can request a different reading program based on OG principles (e.g. Wilson).  [/quote]

You can. They may not agree it is needed -- or that their specialists will use an approach that draws from multiple sources, or some such.

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