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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We no longer use the DRA. We do use the PRF. Reading groups are still a thing, but they will be more focused on phonics and phonemic awareness.

I haven't started small groups yet. The time has been spent assessing (PRFs, iReady, DSA, VGA). I'll start small groups after I finish assessing using the CORE and PASS assessments. The CORE and PASS are given based on how the students do in the phonics and phonemic awareness sections of the iReady.[/quote]

My kid doesn’t need phonics and phonemic awareness. She needs comprehension now (4th grade).

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This is what you parents have been fighting for and now the pendulum has swung - hope you’re happy![/quote]

Parents have been fighting for phonics AND a rich knowledge based curriculum. Just wanted to correct this. [/quote]

Dyslexia parents got ahold of the state legislature and brought in iReady and science of reading.  So now suddenly kids will have “comprehension difficulties” starting in 3rd or 4th grade.  You will have to form a contingent and go to the state legislature and take control of the schools from they dyslexia parents.  [/quote]

Wow, what??? You sound crazy.[/quote]

Do I?

Here are some of the lobbying groups for dyslexia VA:

https://www.decodingdyslexiavirginia.org/

https://va.dyslexiaida.org/

Here is the study they wanted:

https://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2011/SD4

And why they changed the assessment to incorporate dyslexia screening:

https://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2019/RD640/PDF

All done by the state legislature which was lobbied by parents who have dyslexic kids.

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Why don't you want people who have children with learning disabilities to advocate for their children? I don't understand. We should all advocate for our children.[/quote]

Right, except when someone said “my child is bored.”  A poster came back and said something to the tune of: “I know your child is bored, but my kid has to have this or he will never read. So who cares if your kid is bored.”

I don’t care if people advocate, but I do care when the advocacy affects my child in a negative way.  I have a right to advocate that my child who was reading at 4 could move on to other phonics lessons.

I think that the parents who lobbied should know that what is great for their kid may not be great for mine.  Also, if more parents feel this way, the dyslexia advocates have a blueprint for how to change instruction in schools: Lobby the legislature.  Some one literally called me crazy for suggesting that that is what happened (it is).

What you are not seeing is that the phonics instruction needs to be differentiated particularly in the younger grades. It isn’t right now.

Why can’t parents of kids who are dyslexic hear that the instruction that is a right fit for their kid may not be for mine?  Is that really wrong of me to say?  I’m advocating too. This is me advocating that FCPS and phonics companies should have a better solution than one size fits all. [/quote]

I think you are the perfect candidate for private school, PP.[/quote]

Actually you may be. The majority of kids do not actually have dyslexia. The kids with dyslexia are the kids that need a specialized private as well as additional help outside of school to address their issues. Sadly too many parents don’t realize this and rely on the schools only.[/quote]

Nope. The kids with dyslexia need the public schools to teach their kids to read! If they are capable of understanding and funding private school/tutoring (and I am/do), then great (although not fair) for them! But that's not a plan and parents not realizing anything is not the sad part. That sets up those who are disadvantaged and/or un-remediated dyslexics for failure. Do you have any idea how hard it is to navigate the world as a dyslexic? I'm not dyslexic but spouse is. It's awful. Then throw in people working multiple jobs to literally make ends meet (not DCUM style, like actually struggling for food/shelter) and/or immigrants with language issues. Oh goodness, it makes me so angry.

Plus dyslexia parents are being set up for failure when the teachers keep saying just read to them. And don't listen when some of us point out the very issues that indicate dyslexia. Parents (and students) should be able to "rely on the schools only." That's the whole issue!!
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Dyslexia families should seek outside help to supplement what the schools are doing. It requires a specialized approach that shcools cannot possibly deal with in a mainstreamed class. It’s no different than if a child had a complex medical issues.  Families should use all their resources possible to help their child. Relying solely on schools is lazy and a disservice to the child.[/quote]

Public Schools are required to provide an education for kids with complex medical issues, there is an entire home school program that exists to support those kids. Public schools have specialized schools to provide support to kids who require more intensive instruction due to Autism or mental health issues or ADHA or LDs. The big problem is that those programs are all expensive and as such there are not enough spaces for the kids that need those services but Public Schools are still required to provide services that meet those kids needs.

Supplementing is not the Federally mandated approach to helping kids with dyslexia read. It could be if the Public Schools would pay for it or pay for private school placement but that is something that the Public Schools don't want to do because it is expensive.

Public schools are required to provide an education for all students, regardless of their abilities. I have a friend who has a 13 year old who has the cognitive ability of a 4 year old but he has attended school and summer school in the Public School system his entire life. He is in a specialized program with an aid and a transportation provided just for him. He is a great kid with all sorts of medical issues. Public Schools are required to provide him educational opportunities that meet his needs.

So yeah,  Public Schools are required to provide an appropriate education for kids with dyslexia. The reality is, many of those kids are very capable of doing well in school even though they struggle with reading. And there are known methods that help those kids learn to read. And those methods work well for kids without dyslexia. That is what FCPS finally brought into the schools this year.

[b]My DS is not dyslexic, but I am. Providing opportunities for people like myself benefits society as a whole because I was able to earn my PhD and make a very nice living. If my parents had listened to the Teachers telling them I would never graduate from high school, my earning potential would have been a lot less and there is a higher probability that I would have ended up needing government programs like welfare or disability payments.  So if you are not interested in providing kids with LDs an opportunity to learn because it is holding your child back by making them do word study think about it as a long term tax savings for you because more of these kids will graduate from high school and then college and some from grad school. They are likely to make more money and need less support as adults.[/b][b] [/quote][/quote]

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