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[quote=Anonymous]Does she have an IEP? Typically public schools/sped teachers counsel against retention and advocate instead to provide in-school support. I had similar concerns with my son entering K, but his team was adamant he start, and I didn't want to lose his services, so we did. K actually went well. He couldn't write a single letter or recognize any letter (or number) other than the first letter in his name when he started (after years of high quality preschool, OT, etc.). But he was in the 40th percentile for reading and math at the end of K. He had daily pull outs, etc. With lots of summer tutoring- he hit the 60th percentile in reading at the start of 1st (math was still about 40% ile and writing is his worst area. He has CP).

The bad news is he lost his services in 1st grade (this past year) and has kind of floundered, but we are in an under-resourced state. That said, he would have fallen behind anyway once he got to new learning standards, even if he had done an extra year of pre-K, because he just needs longer than other kids to learn the concepts. I am sending him to a school for learning disabilities next year, but as angry as I am about his lack of support this year, he grew by leaps and bounds in K. He is also socially age level, so I think it was appropriate to start him when we did. [/quote]

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