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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids with dyslexia typically are not reading on grade level in 3rd grade. They often demonstrate difficulty with reading, and phonics skills much earlier. Often children with reading issues will receive tier 1 interventions for reading skills without an IEP. If your daughter has never been identified for even that, you are likely going to have a very hard time gaining an IEP without an educational impact.[/quote]

She has had interventions over the years so far due to consistently poor DIBELS scores.  So she’s had extra Lexiacore and Boost, and been placed in two reading groups for extra practice.  Then, starting a little earlier this year, she got/gets pulled out to go with the reading specialist.  Not sure but guessing that could be the tier 1 interventions you mention.[/quote]

I think some of the confusion in responses is because you didn't include this info in your initial post, you just said she's on grade level for reading. A child who is scoring below benchmark on reading assessments and is getting pulled out for extra reading support [i]is not[/i] on grade level for reading. A child with a dyslexia who is on grade level will most likely not qualify for an IEP. A child with dyslexia who has consistently scored below benchmark and has received ongoing reading support likely will qualify for an IEP. I recommend you request an evaluation to determine special education eligibility. IMO, it's not worthwhile to consult an attorney or advocate before requesting a school eval.[/quote]

Thanks and ugh sorry for not including key info. The school considers her on grade level for reading I believe, because she’s always been able to read the books that are for her grade. Her reading groups have been the lowest ones that are still on grade level, but they were on grade level books and groups. They seem to consider DIBELS not a test of on grade level reading but a specialized test that is speed based. Because it’s speed based, they’ve sort of discounted it. (“Well she blows DIBELS because it’s timed and she’s slow.”) DIBELS is actually a dyslexia screener, so I’m a disappointed no one raised dyslexia to us. Apparently a lot of on grade level readers can do poorly on DIBELS, so they seem to discount it. But if you score poorly, it does require interventions depending on how poorly. So her Lexiacore and Boost were because she scored poorly but not the poorest to get the reading specialist. But this most recent time, they said well those interventions haven’t been effective to getting her “passing” on DIBELS so let’s see how she does with the reading specialist.

Re: an evaluation, I don’t think the school would re-evaluate when we just did full neuropsych testing. They were a bit resistant to testing (probably because of limited resources or just wanting to wait a year and see if things improved), which is why we just went outside and paid for our own. [/quote]

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