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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public schools are not equipped to help kids with dyslexia. Teachers don’t receive training in dyslexia (maybe reading specialists, maybe, but you’d have to have them in a dedicated reading remediation class to access them if so). IEPs usually have completely inappropriate goals and supports because again, very few know how to address dyslexia or teach around it. It’s misunderstood and neither teaching programs nor PD actually prepare us for how to support students who have it. You will need OG or Lindamood Bell to see real progress.

-teacher [/quote]

Another teacher here, I am OG trained.  Unfortunately one major issue is that dyslexic students really need early identification (which is starting to happen but not widely), and intense, explicit instruction for a good 45-1hr/day 4-5 days per week, ongoing. That's very difficult to do within the parameters of the typical school day without your child missing other general ed instruction and the staffing needed to have a small group meet that frequently.  At my school we have 2 intense small groups and those students miss a lot of the general classroom instruction but at this point we've decided they've got to improve their reading before middle school. But it's at the expense of a lot of other content and instruction.[/quote]

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