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[quote=Anonymous]My kid is in 3rd grade, and she's generally happy in her DC public school.  While her reading seemed fine in 1st and 2nd grade, she sort of stalled out in 3rd--while her friends started reading novels, she seemed stuck on the same material from 2nd grade (simple graphic novels, picture books, etc.)  We had a nueropsyche done this year, and it revealed dyslexia.

She's very good at math, and while she *can* read, her pace is slower than her peers. Up until this month, she's felt good about her school work because she was able to keep up with her friends.  She continues to do well in math and writing, but she now notices the difference in reading and she's started to say things like, "I'm SO much less smart at reading than my friends," "I'm never going to catch up!"  "I'm such a slow reader that I'm ALWAYS the last person to finish my work, so everyone gets to play on ipads besides me!"  We also just started 3 hours of intensive tutoring each week, and while she likes the tutor, she's upset that she has extra work that her friends don't have.

She has no other learning disabilities besides dyslexia (which appears to be relatively mild, in that in 1st and 2nd grade she was reading on grade level...her progress just seemed to drop off in 2nd grade).

Pros of dyslexia-focused private
--no more private tutoring, as remediation happens in school.
--no social stigma or negative comparisons with peers.
--I'm worried that her self confidence will take a nose dive in 4th grade in public school when the differences in reading ability between her and her friends becomes even more apparent.

Pros of public
--she has great friends in the neighborhood and we feel part of the community.
--diverse population of learners (i.e. some kids have learning differences and some don't, and I wonder if that mix is good for kids?)
--no commute

Putting cost aside, would you send a kid with this profile to a dyslexia-focused private?  Are those schools focused on kids with more profound disabilities than my kid?

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