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[quote=Anonymous]I am trying to decide if I should be worried about some things that occurred during my son's IEP follow up meeting with our new principal.  He is in second grade.

The most important issue I have (and seem not to be able to get over it) is when I asked about whether or not my son could have orton-gillingham services during the school hours, I was told that not all "popular" methods were appropriate for all students with dyslexia.  Given my son is on grade level with reading, she doubted he would need it.  This statement contradicted what the VA Dept. of Education presented at APS's 2018 Dyslexia Conference this fall.  He is in an inclusion classroom and does seem to be getting time on his written services outlined in his IEP.

On a side note, the administration at a SpEd coffee earlier this year that kids with too many accommodations use them as crutches.

It maybe a knee jerk reaction, but I signed up for tours at Commonwealth, the McLean School and the Lab School.  However, both his neuropsychologist and everything I have read (and the APS conference), early intervention is key, but it really feels like as long as he stays on "grade level" he will not receive the services for dyslexia that he needs until he starts to flounder again.  We have tutors come to our house twice a week for the past nine months (including the summer) to help with the reading.  He currently struggles with writing and spelling.

Am I crazy to think of pulling him out of APS and sending him to a private school?  I cannot figure out who to trust these days (or advocate has too many students she is currently working with and forgets who my son is and was actually rude in the meeting to both the school and me).

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