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[quote=Anonymous]After 3 Psychological evaluations the unique nature of my child's issues were clearly identified as were reccommendations for FCPS. FCPS would not use one recommendation from any of the three reports in her IEP despite my urging. The arrogance that FCPS knows better and are "experts" on everything from soup to nuts is unreal. FCPS tried local home grown testing and intervention although not one person in contact with my child knew anything about dyslexia. How can FCPS dare to claim they are the experts? They referred me to the reading specialist who explained to me she knows nothing about dyslexia and that she mainly works with the GT students.
FCPS claims they are using peer reviewed strategies. There is no such thing. If a program is peer reviewed it is the program in it's entirety that is peer reviewed. One cannot take bits and pieces of a systematic, sequential peer reviewed and scientifically validated program and say that the bits and pieces seperate from the program are peer reviewed. It is the fact that the program requires data, has fidelity to a manual and requires certified teachers that it is scientifically validated and peer reviewed. When we asked for any data or the manual FCPS stated they do not keep data.
This was the only thing we asked for from the county- a scientifiaclly validated, peer reviewed program so that we could have data that supported my childs progress against her peer level taught with consistancy and validated to show progress. Having no Scientifically validated and peer reviewed program is akin to going to a doctor and the doctor takes a stab at what you might have as an ailment even though he has x-rays and other test results that he is refusing to look at or consider. That same doctor cannot tell you your chances of recovery since he is not quite sure what you have but he gives you a general therapeutic treatment. Would you ever go to a doctor like this? I sure would like to know what I have more specifically, what the correct treatment is and use the corrective measures meant for my specific ailment.
I am disgusted at FCPS wait to fail policy. They routinely fail to screen for dyslexia until third grade. 
FCPS states they use the term "reading disability" and not dyslexia to avoid confusion. Who do they think they are fooling? Those of us with children diagnosed with dyslexia have in hand a report that we share typically with FCPS outlining exactly what our childrens issues are. There is no confusion. FCPS reframes any discussion about Reading disability with regard to referrals and inquires from parents so they can change the discussion from dyslexia to reading comprehension to get the parents to try to do the same and again lump their child in with all reading disordered children. They do not answer the question asked they answer the question they wanted you to have asked.
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