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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please know that there is a big difference between what FCPS can do for a child with a learning disability and what they can do for a child with dyslexia.  There are programs and speical ed teachers who can work in school with a child who is struggling with reading due to an identified learning issue.  Dyslexia is classified as a neurological issue, and all FCPS will do is refer you to outside sources that may be able to help you. [/quote]

Incorrect. It is now included in the Basis for Committee Decision for Learning Disability. Dyslexia is printed right there on the page. It cannot be referred out. [/quote]

Like another poster who has written several things here, I know that what you are saying is correct [i]on paper [/i]but my experience has been that the Local Screening Committee at my school shrugs and says "Sorry, can't help."  My kids was struggling, reading well below grade level and average in everything else, and they found him ineligible for an IEP.  They offered a 504 that did not address his inability to read, and we wound up having to pupil place at another school that would help us.

It was incredibly frustrating, and only possible because I work in the school system, knew what I was talking about, and had connections.  I have no idea what average families do when confronted with the stone wall of school bureaucracy.[/quote]

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