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[quote=Anonymous]NP:  Dyslexia is a very complicated issue and even if FCPS is acknowledging it as an area of disability, it does not mean that the system is adequately identifying or treating it.  The issue of 2e learners in the county is huge and it takes a very committed and knowledgeable parent to navigate the process.  Most FCPS personnel, even SPED or reading teachers, do not have the dyslexia training to understand and [u]remediate[/u], although some can accommodate quite well and most teachers truly want to help.  FCPS will offer accommodations to access the curriculum, but accommodations are not the same as remediation.  FCPS still graduates students reading at an elementary level, yet these students are able to pass the SOL because of accommodations.  It IS possible to bring most dyslexic students up to grade level reading, although their pace may always be slower.  If you are in FCPS and have a child with dyslexia, you should be asking how FCPS is bringing your child up to grade-level reading and do not accept passing an SOL or grades as a measure of progress.  Parents should educate themselves via Wrightslaw (as other posters have recommended), the International Dyslexia Association (interdys.org), or more locally through the Atlantic Seaboard Dyslexia Education Center (asdec.org).[/quote]

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