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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are not happy with our son's school. He is presently attending public school, but struggles and is behind in reading and math. We've had an IEP for 2 years and he hasn't made much progress. He has dyslexia and adhd.

My wife isn't currently employed. She stays home with our 3 year old twins. My income is $130,000. My salary covers our living expenses and we save for retirement and out a small amount away each month for college savings.  We live on a very tight budget. Housing, food, and taxes absorb nearly all of the income.

We have looked into private schools and understand many offer scholarships, but they won't disclose how much help they are able to provide. . Is there any chance a private school would offer us a scholarship or is my income too high?  It's not financially practical for my wife to be working. Childcare  would consume any money she'd be bringing home.

How do people afford private schools?[/quote]

While you might qualify for some FA, a full ride probably isn't in the cards.  What type of dyslexia does your DS have and what type of reading programs is he accessing at school?  How much reading does he currently do at home and does he see a private reading tutor?  I have a DS who has dyslexia, dysgraphia and ADHD.  We went with a private reading tutor 2-3 times a week starting in 2nd grade and it went through mid7th grade that was much cheaper than private school. His dyslexia issues are/were with decoding, phoneme and RAN.  ADHD is combined type.  He had one on one reading daily at school for about 20 minutes a day and they used Wilson.  His reading teacher primarily used Wilson also (all were Wilson II certified).  I have had friends who used Barton at home to great success.  Both Barton and Wilson are Orton-Gillingham based programs- which is what your son should be getting now.  At home, he read aloud 30 minutes and listened to an audio book at his cognitive level for 30+ minutes during ES.   It is a long hard slog and progress was slow and steady.  Think tortoise and not hare.  I can't help you with the dyscalculia programs as I am not familiar, however there are other poster who may be able to chime in.

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