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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 6th grader in ACPS that goes half day to local public, and then a half day at Lindamood Bell. Two years ago he didn’t know the difference between letters and numbers. He goes full time to LMB in the summer. He got a private placement but no special needs privates would take him bc his learning profile is so unique and he was many years behind academically (like academic level of a 2 year old), which is how the half day split came up as an alternative. He is now independently reading at grade level (not like the average DC area reader but average US). It is miraculous. LMB is the only remediation that has ever worked with him after years and years of multiple schools, multiple interventions, and an investment in a lawyer that could support me with the school system. Now the question is what next? He is still years behind in math, and in addition to severe dyslexia has severe dyscalculia and dysgraphia, and other social developmental delays. He likely will never be able to live independently and it is not clear that he can get a regular high school diploma because of the math requirement. Middle school is sort of a no-man’s land for him. My understanding is that 9th grade may open up new possibilities for him either at special needs privates or public such as life skills classes (learning date, time, days of week/months of the year) and possibly vocational education opportunities. And of course I worry that dismantling the Dept of Education will contract options for him. [/quote]

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