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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public schools are not equipped to help kids with dyslexia. Teachers don’t receive training in dyslexia (maybe reading specialists, maybe, but you’d have to have them in a dedicated reading remediation class to access them if so). IEPs usually have completely inappropriate goals and supports because again, very few know how to address dyslexia or teach around it. It’s misunderstood and neither teaching programs nor PD actually prepare us for how to support students who have it. You will need OG or Lindamood Bell to see real progress.

-teacher [/quote]

And teachers could do more in their own classrooms to support all students and give them a better foundation in phonics which would help dyslexic students far more than the current practices. It is possible for teachers to weave this in throughout the day.  Also, actually requiring reading in all subject every day would mean that students get far more practice in reading than they do now.  Instead of replying back here, why not take some time and give a critical look at what you do each day in the classroom and how you might change things ....[/quote]

Listen to yourself. Really. Individual teachers cannot be saviors who single handledly serve a child with disabilities in a SYSTEM that is not equipped to properly serve those students. I can do things in my classroom practice all day long that help but will not affect overall outcomes for a student who then continues in the system BEYOND and outside of my classroom and won’t be properly serviced. Please just shut up . [/quote]

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