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[quote=Anonymous]As a former teacher, I have some behind-the-scenes insights about testing and interventions (not as much as you do!), and I saw how it played out with my son (diagnosed ADHD & dyslexia in 3rd grade; now in 6th at a school for kids with dyslexia.) One thing you might prepare for -- and maybe you already know this -- is that schools have strict definitions of which test results do and don't result in IEPs and intervention. Our kid could read at grade level in 3rd grade because he listens to a zillion audiobooks and was good at guessing the words he missed. The school didn't care that he couldn't sound out nonsense words because he hadn't absorbed any phonics rules, or that he has major trouble expressing anything about his reading. They just looked at the reading scores and said, He's fine; he can continue to have a 504 for his ADHD. Thankfully, we have family resources to support his going to a school for kids with dyslexia, but I continue to be outraged, and think I should do more for, kids whose neuropsych profiles don't give them what they need. [/quote]

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