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[quote=Anonymous][i]I'm sorry you've been so frustrated. I posted that the change was made because it WAS MADE. Literally the new Basis for Committee decision is going live this week. I was just trained on Friday by our school psychologist and procedural support liaison. We went over the characteristics of dyslexia and learned what it is and isn't. The bureaucracy is changing. Again, I'm sorry that this has been a struggle. Hopefully this won't happen for future students.[/i]

I am glad you have posted this.  I'm afraid your original post gave a lot of us an opportunity to vent pent-up frustration and we lost sight of the issue.

So what is FCPS saying dyslexia is?  Is it still basing eligibility on a discrepancy model (achievement falling below expected IQ + processing deficit) or is FCPS placing more weight on  processing deficits?  Are children being identified at an earlier age before they begin to fail?  Is it changing the testing it is using to determine eligibility?  Has the County hired Dyslexia Specialists to help advise and train teachers and restructure remediation programs?[/quote]

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