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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suspect my child has dyslexia. He is in 1st grade in FCPS. He has been making progress, but it's been slow and he HATES reading, which has me concerned. The school has him in a small group with some of the lower readers. 
We met with his school team and the psychologist and special education teacher there said that they do suspect a disability is possible and that they don't want him to hate reading, but they'd like to finish up the quarter with interventions and come back together when he is in second grade. The reasons they gave are 1) he hasn't been in their interventions very long and does not have the highest level of intervention, 2) he is young for his grade ( I admit, his birthday isn't until late August when he turns 7), and finally 3, which I suspect is the real reason they pushed away from testing 3) they'd only have one month to complete the testing when they normally have two months and may not be able to do the most thorough evaluation compared to if they start next year and wait for him to be seven (something about how some tests can't be given until that age). I actually really respected the team's honesty and I felt like they probably do want my child to succeed but I am nervous that if we wait until the fall he will just keep falling behind. Right now I am thinking about finding some tutoring for the weekends as he will be in camp this summer. What would you folks do? [/quote]

I would listen to your sped team. They clearly have your child’s best interest at heart, are providing interventions, and were very honest. They are professionals and know your child. The fact that parents come on this forum and tell other parents to ignore the sped teams recommendation, while clearly being confused and inexperienced and often resentful, is so disturbing. [/quote]

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