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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, I have this on both sides.

For my kid with Dyslexia, we spend a massive amount of time, money and energy basically providing in-home support via tutors and us because we can't tell whether he will get excellent services in school. Are there years where he absolutely gets amazing support and grows exponentially in language arts. Absolutely! Was there also a year where the classroom was run like a cat cafe and the SPED support was useless. Yes.

We don't have the luxury of time to trust he will get everything at school.

What is difficult is that he's also amazing at math. So we chose to work ahead because it was an area of strength and the depth was useful to bridge examples of reading where it's more than bulky text. Word problems are actually great for reading and helpful.

The result is he is doing great in both now.

So, YMMV. Not all of us are trying to prep our kids for Harvard. We just want to support their ability to...read.[/quote]

Thanks, this is a perspective I hadn't considered. I am glad to here your DS is doing great now, thanks in no small part to your efforts! [/quote]

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