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[quote=Anonymous]I think has greatly improved in the current school structure...my nonreading kid was greatly supported with an individual plan...they don't have a lot of extra staff so at some points I hired specialized tutors  (who sometimes saw my child at school during the school day) and they worked very closely with the tutor. They use an orton gillingham based reading/writing program for the younger grades now (wilson fundations) which I think is very helpful. However, since they don't have a large amount of staff, they can only do some extra individual pull out work with my student so most has to come from me or a tutor.

When I got testing done with suggested accommodations, those things were already in place at school before I got the testing - so I thought that was a good sign. And, my child reads now but it took many grades to get to fluency. However, for a parent who's not concerned or who thinks these things will magically fix by just attending school, they can't offer enough intervention to totally remediate kids with substantial issues...there has to be a cooperation between school, home and professional support services. But since my child only has language based learning issues, nobody I knew was having a good time in public PG schools with that issue - though I hear that can be on a school by school basis.

For speech, they can receive speech services at school, but from speech therapists you pay privately for. One of mine has done this too. In kindergarten at least the teachers know some basic ASL signs. Might be worth checking out if they would admit him. Probably depends on his level of need.[/quote]

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