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Most of the literature says that a student with dyslexia needs specific reading instruction in an Orton-Gillingham based program. That can be hard to get in any public school setting, and especially at a Montessori school unless they are willing to commit to pull out or push-in tutoring in a specific program to augment the standard curriculum.

The other way to go is to pick a school that works for your child in everything but reading, and do intensive tutoring at your own expensive after school or weekends, and during the summers.

My similar child was in a Montessori charter school, and they had a Wilson-trained reading specialist work with him 1:1 3 times a week per the IEP. It still wasn't enough, so we supplemented outside of school as well. The regular reading instruction in the classroom was basically worthless. 
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This is really useful information. I was thinking that one (possibly good) option would be to keep him in the public Montessori school and do the tutoring for dyslexia primarily after school and on weekends.  While this will be expensive, I imagine it should be much less expensive than a private school. Did your child do well in the public Montessori otherwise?  I mean, was he/she happy with school and able to learn other subjects such as math and science? And did he/she have any attention issues? It's the attention issues that are a flag for me with the Montessori environment. But again, confusing, because his K teacher thinks that he is most likely to thrive in Montessori since he is very independent minded. [/quote]

My child was diagnosed later with inattentive ADHD -- didn't really become an issue until middle school. The rest of the school was good for him -- we stayed through 5th.

Two friends had kids with ADHD combined type who left our Montessori after 2nd. The school tried but never really figured out how to support them. They were both very bright and didn't struggle academically but were constantly interrupting other students and having to be re-directed, even with one being on stimulant medication. Both moved to traditional classrooms and did better with the more predictable routine and structure.

I don't think I would have chosen Montessori if I were dealing with both ADHD adn dyslexia unless you know your child will be placed with very strong teachers with successful experience teaching numerous children with that profile over their career. 1st-4th grade is such a critical time.

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