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[quote=Anonymous]The use of the words "learning specialists" usually indicates a learning disability. Learning disability and IQ are not relative. Actually a High IQ and low performance is an indicator of a learning disability.

I don't think wealthy need tutoring more - just can afford tutoring more - it's like $50/hour for specialists that help with your child's specific LD.

Tutors/Learning specialist/etc are very expensive. Also, Private schools - ours at least - has 15 kids in a class room.

So I would say that many parents choose privates because of their kids LD - because of the smaller class size and the fact they have art and gym daily - which gives LD kids a break - not because they are trying to get into Ivy.

Tutors, specialist also help kids with frustration. Frustration is like - hey why is everybody getting their homework done in 1 hour and it takes me 3. I don't think I am stupid but I sure feel stupid. Our private works closely with hw assignments being too much for kids with LD's (like do every other problem) while still challenging the kids that need to be challenged.

Many publics don't actually provide IDPs or IEPs for kids with mild LDs so it almost forces a group of parents to go to private with tutoring.

Also, kids with LD's specifically have more issues in 3rd-8th. K-3 is learning to read (most LD kids can fake it or learn whole words), 3-8 is learning from reading (which sucks for dyslexic kids - and scores plummet and parents have to do catch up for the kids that were not diagnosed until 3rd+) and then HS should be more applying knowledge to higher thinking (which is easier for mild LD kids - sometimes this is where they shine) - though parents may want to help with spell check.

They may also continue to need to learn executive functioning skills as they get older.

You can review my english grammar - I am LD also - my grammar is terrible but I can do computer programming. BTW.[/quote]

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