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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Welcome to a cold urban area.  As someone who has a child with dyslexia let me give you my experience.  Public schools are on a ‘wait to fail’ model.  Their goal is to delay services - and frankly to do their level best to prevent you from receiving services.  (Even though your child has a federal right - FAPE).  Right now, you will be victim shamed - be pushy! Be assertive! - because it is a deeply corrupt system.  And many of these folks are guilty employees of the system - they are actively ignoring your child.  Here’s the deal - this is your child.  First get him tested - a neuropsychological exam.  See what’s going on.  Then take steps to correct it.  The school will most likely be your adversary. Take it one day at a time.  And channel GEN Mattis: be polite, be kind but be prepared to fight.  (Paraphrase there).  Do not for a moment forget the public schools are your adversary but you first need to figure out what’s going on.  Good luck![/quote]

You make it sound like we’re all trying to ruin their lives. We are bound by laws, rules, etc. It’s very frustrating from the teacher’s end, I assure you. [/quote]

It doesn’t matter whether a teacher is trying to ruin a kid’s life or not. This poster is not wrong. I have a dyslexic child who they waited to fail before giving services to help. My child read at a 3rd grade level in the 6th grade while the teachers refused to stand up against the admin/IEP team and admit he needed more help. 
It’s all a broken system when dealing with language based learning differences.

OP, definitely get a tutor and assessment and possibly an educational advocate. 
We chose to pay for our child to go to a private school for learning differences and he’s now on grade level and thriving.

Teachers can have good intentions but no one knows their exact motivations for helping or not helping but them .[/quote]

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