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[quote=Anonymous]DS K Teacher pulled me aside about a month into the school year to talk to me about his speech. We had thought there was an issue and she noted it in her interactions with him. She told me that she would ask the ST to spend a bit more time with DS when she was doing her evaluations for each of the kids. The ST noticed an issue and we met to discuss his being formally evaluated, which he was, and then set an IEP.

I had also talked to the K Teacher about possible LDs, I have a long list of them, but she was not concerned about the letter and number reversal because that is normal for the age. It did eventually clear up, it slowly improved through 3rd grade. I was also worried because he hated writing and did his damndest to avoid writing in school and at home. She kept an eye on all of that and did not think that there was an issue. None of his other Teachers thought there was an issue either, I am still on the fence about dysgraphia because of his writing but that could e that it is his weak area.

The schools won't do formal assessments but the Teachers are noticing what kids are struggling and what seems out of the norm. That said, I hear repeatedly about kids whose parents are asking questions, getting pat answers, and then testing in 3rd grade shows an LD. Schools don't want to spend the money on testing every kid that shows some of the signs of LDs because those signs will clear up for most of the kids by 2nd grade.

I agree with the PP, if your preschool mentioned concerns then I would go ahead and start the process. If your preschool has not mentioned concerns then some of what you are seeing could be age appropriate. [/quote]

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