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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I highly recommend an advocate also. My child has multiple learning disabilities and the school said they “ don’t see it” bc she has good grades. She is 5 years behind in math computation skills, 5. I would never expect the school to do anything to benefit your child, they will deny as long as they can and offer the most limited services only if they have to. It really is that bad. [/quote]

I know this is the story you are telling yourself, but something is missing here.

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Dont do this, I am well aware of our situation, this is exactly what was said at the screening meeting. You know parents of kids with unique needs have enough going on, we  don t need this type of response.   We have an advocate and attorney now and have a whopping 30 minutes per week for services in her iep. My advice to the OP stands, take an advocate, you never know what type of responses you will receive from the school and you are better prepared with an advocate.[/quote]

At the meeting the school said, "your child is five years behind in math, and has multiple disabilities but we 'don't see it'?"

No.

I know you paid someone a lot of money to tell you your kid has multiple learning disabilites. I've seen plenty of neuropsychs for basically normal kids who get a low average subtest score and then have, 'dysgraphia," or "dyscalculia." I know your child isn't performing to your expectations.

But 5 years behind, with multiple disabilites and the school is denying services because they've all dedicated their lives to "never doing anything to benefit your child?" No.[/quote]

Ummm, was in a specialized dyslexia school for grades 2-5 so she could learn to read ( which of course in public school didn’t notice either, her first grade teacher literally said I don’t know anything about dyslexia. We gave private neuropsych upon enrollment in public middle school, but of course it was two and a half years old, so too long to be “ current” . Of course they gave an 504 bc they don’t need to do anything. I emailed to ask for testing bc of course they won’t do that unless you specifically write to the principal about wanting it. They didn’t want to test her for anything bc “ they didn’t see it” . I would not give in about the math bc they were taking her in a small group and giving  the answers so her grades were ok. She tested 3rd grade level in 8th grade which is ironically the same level she was upon enrollment in public school. Got an advocate she has a crap iep that we are still working though. Now you tell me how any of that served my kid.    And my child is performing fine now in reading and writing bc I paid over 100k to get her there  but to have a kid with that level of math computation skills and they won’t give her a calculator accomodation either. She is severely  dyslexic, etc so don’t even with someone made up a diagnosis. My kids will be perfectly fine once she gets out of the public school system, and if you are a teacher, it really wouldn’t surprise me at all…now you tell me how well that public school system served my child., you know besides not doing anything to help her learn to read , write or do math. [/quote]

Dyslexia can be hard to diagnose in 1st grade because many children that do not have a disability still need structured and systematic instruction in decoding to learn to read, but do not have a disability. Some kids have delays at that point that are clearly not within the scope of typical for reading (kids who can't identify all their letters or write their name by the end of 1st grade or can't make the sounds of the short vowels and consonants and can't decode any CVC words).

You don't mention if you asked for a screening meeting at the public school in 1st grade only that the gen ed teacher told you she didn't know about dyslexia. Well, gen ed teachers don't make learning disability diagnoses and they aren't special educators. They can usually spot kids that are behind relative to their peers.

Your child was in private school from grade 2-5. If she was behind going into middle school in math it sounds like the private school wasn't supporting her needs in math, no?

A two and a half year old neuropsych would not be helpful to determine a student's present levels.

It is inaccurate to say schools do, "not need to do anything," for student's with 504's.

I would have encouraged you to email specifically requesting a screening because they are then required to hold that meeting. If at the end of that meeting they decide further testing isn't necessary you should have them document in the prior written notice the specific reasons why.

It sounds like they were providing her with small-group support in math. That's good.

What measure did they use to test her at a 3rd-grade level in 8th grade?

I see that you are frustrated but I also see that you are determined to see ill-intent and malice toward your child on the part of all the educators working with her. "Of course," the public school didn't notice her dyslexia, the school should have used data that was two years old to determine present levels, they gave you a 504 which means, "they don't have to do anything," except they were pulling her for a small group to work on math (but that was flawed too because they "gave her the answers). They gave her an IEP, "but it's crap." They won't give her a calculator, they haven't taught her anything...you even seem angry with the public school about the money you spent for private school (where evidently your child got behind in math).

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