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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most will accommodate dyslexia, I think, but you will need to be in charge of the extra supports needed. And there will be extras, like tutoring. How old is your child, OP, and how new is the dx? Do go over to the Special Needs Forum for more info on dyslexia, if you are looking for it.

Dyslexia is very common, OP, and if your child is still very young (like K, 1st, 2nd) there is every reason to think your child would thrive at a mainstream school, with support. If your child is older and has been struggling for a few years, a more tailored learning environment might help a lot!

Good luck![/quote]

I posted earlier in the thread. I don't think any of us posting here are saying a child with dyslexia can't thrive in a mainstream school. But in my experience, many administrators and faculty in independent schools lack awareness of and information about how to best help kids with LDs. This means parents have to ask a lot of questions and do a lot more work, especially if the school doesn't have a learning specialist. It can be difficult at times, as several of us have noted in this thread. That's why I asked OP what kind of supports she seeks and how significant the dyslexia is. [/quote]

As the parent to a kid with "stealth" dyslexia (i.e. fairly mild and able to be compensated for by high strengths in other areas) who finally moved DC from "mainstream" school to private SN school specializing in dyslexia and other language-based disabilities, I would not say that all kids with dyslexia can thrive in mainstream school.  A kid with moderate to severe dyslexia will probably require at a minimum 1hr a day of specialized explicit phonetic instruction just to develop reading.  This doesn't address the specialized instruction they will likely need in handwriting, spelling, and sometimes even math (developing fluency in facts, memorizing multi-step operations and decoding the "language" of math into symbolic math language).

On the other hand some kids with mild to moderate dyslexia that in that child is really a reading-only problem may be able to handle mainstream school quite well with some supports in and/or out of school.

It really depends on the components and degree of dyslexia.  [/quote]

That's what I was trying to say. Thanks for saying it better than I could. Your family probably experienced the same thing we did in terms of a mainstream school.

Not to derail the thread, but can you share the psychologist you used for your child's diagnosis? We need a new eval next year and would like to find someone local who's particularly good with dyslexia and dysgraphia. Thank you![/quote]

I'm afraid I wouldn't recommend the neuropsych tester I used.  You should ask this question on the special needs thread.  Also ask about schools there.  [/quote]

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