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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] MCPS doesn't provide adequate dyslexia supports to anyone.  It has nothing to do with being at Whitman or wealth.  You need private OG tutoring.  Once you get an IEP, you'll get x minutes of reading support each week.  But the "help" that MCPS provides is not really help at all.  It's not evidence based; it's not OG.  MCPS HS have around 2,000 students--no, school administrators are not going to know your kid.  For ADHD, look into an executive functioning coach.  You might be able to a resource class once you have an IEP but that will take the place of an elective.  Many people don't like that because they feel it shows weakness in the transcript and want to present the strongest academic load when it comes to college applications.[/quote]

Thanks for sharing this background. It's really helpful to know that even if go through work of trying to push for access to dyslexia interventions, they may not even be evidence-based or potentially helpful at all for dyslexia. Unfortunately, it does practically come down to wealth then, as if Montgomery County isn't fulfilling a legal mandate to meet the needs of students with ADA-protected learning differences, then it's only families who can pay the very expensive private tutor costs who can access support for their children. My child has a "resource class", but the teacher is overwhelmed and not helpful or skilled in working with kids with learning differences, functions more like a study hall monitor which doesn't measurably do much to support special education students.[/quote]

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