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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of LD child here.  While I agree that learning self-advocacy is important, there is a middle ground on the journey to learning this -- not the parent doing it, not the child doing it.  IME, it takes many years for the LD child to learn complete self-advocacy -- it comes at different times for different subjects and set-backs may occur with different teachers.

It has also been our experience that most of the teachers our LD child has encountered don't really know very much about LDs in general, and certainly not much about the specific LDs our DC has.  This makes self-advocacy very difficult.  We have been in situations where DC has come to the teacher and specifically discussed problems related to the LD and asked for help and the teacher has been demeaning, unhelpful or just punished DC.  When the teacher is LD-knowledgeable, of course, we work with the teacher to have DC self-advocate.

Another complication is, since DC is quite bright, DC can compensate for the LD in a number of ways, but this might not be completely effective.  So, DC ends up flailing in something, but the teacher often doesn't realize at all the underlying cause of the problems, or brushes them off as lack of motivation because DC is "smart".  This is a classic problem LD kids face (LD being misinterpreted as lack of motivation), and it pains me to read the jaded words of some teacher PPs above.

OP, please try to continue to advocate with your child.  That is what is best.  [/quote]

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