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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ Be nice. She's tried smething, it didn't wrk and nw she's frustrated. (I"m giving up 0s fr lent)[/quote]

Didn't mean to be rude, tho I could have softened it possibly. It seems to me that some parents try to cure their kid, so that was why i commented that. Not sure if that's OP's expectation or not. I know several people who are highly dyslexic and highly successful - to this day they prefer to listen to everything: news, books, training for work, you name it. They still don't read well, but they are rock stars in their fields[/quote]

OP here and I’m not “trying to cure my kid.” What you’ve implied is insulting. I’m not an idiot. I have three kids with varying learning disabilities and all three have IEPs. I also have a dyslexic husband who went to a special Ed private school and now is a well-educated and gainfully employed individual. However our DC is not just confounding us but also a school that specializes in language based learning disabilities. Because their dyslexia is that severe. I know I cannot “cure” them, but it is deeply concerning to have a functionally illiterate child who is 10 and has has this many interventions at this point in public and private school. Cure? No. But I do have expectations for them to graduate high school and college because they are very bright and engaged with learning. They just can’t learn to read.

And no we are not in the position for one of us to just quit our jobs to tutor DC. That would be bad for them socially and emotionally. They like school. They make friends easily. And someone has to pay for the $50k private school!

Appreciate those who responded with productive and helpful suggestions. [/quote]

No one said you are an idiot. At the same time, adjusting expectations when you have a child with a disability is important, as you know. If your child's dyslexia is so severe that it may not be remediated, then it might be helpful to shift to accommodating for it (e.g., audiobooks at school and home). You state that you have college expectations for a "functionally illiterate" 10 year old - depending on your child's interests, you may need to adjust this expectation. If your child wants to go to college, this is definitely possible with assistive technology. [/quote]

Why are you being so hostile and nasty?  its reasonable to want to do everything to help your child learn to read.  Everything in school is based off reading. It's not the time to give up on this child and yes, there are options to help them but as a parent most of us would try anything to help our kids (except you).  OP sounds like a great parent trying everything and good for them.[/quote]

I’m sorry but there is a huge disconnect here. How was your kid admitted to a private SN school with no neuropsych test? How did you get the dyslexia diagnosis? How are you doing anything and everything possible if he doesn’t even have a diagnosis you have not tested properly, so you don’t know what you are helping, and you won’t do of/asdec? I don’t get what’s happening here.[/quote]

Not sure what your problem is. I don’t see a disconnect at all. The OP said the public school district tested her kid during Covid when kid was probably 7-8. Like many LD kids like mine, I presume virtual was a disaster for OP’s kid and it prompted the testing. The kid got an IEP and then moved to private after testing showed Specific Learning Disability and testing showed low scores in phonological processing scores. Private school based admissions on the testing and IEP. What isn’t clear about that? And OP said there’s also a family history of dyslexia or LD (she said husband and other kids). So it seems pretty clear why they would treat like dyslexia. Nothing seems confusing about this.

I agree that OP needs to do more comprehensive psychoeducational testing done by a private group for her kid. Especially since the testing was done in school during Covid and sounds incomplete.

I can also see how OP would feel blindsided by how the private school is responding. They reviewed the testing and IEP. They also presumably met the child before admission if it’s Lab/Sienna/Oakwood/McLean (OP said she’s in NOVA) which all require visits with their reading specialists and teachers before admission. The kid has been there for at least a year and now school is saying sorry not sorry we can’t help your kid. That’s kind of a cop out.

Truth be told. For kids with severe dyslexia private school alone isn’t enough. You need OG tutoring at least 4x a week in addition. Which is why we decided to keep our DC in public and push the money into tutoring. We knew that private would be a $45k+ cost and we would need one on one tutoring anyway. [/quote]

While this is good advice, I wouldn't bother with testing and put that money into tutoring instead.  They know the issues.  THey've had testing done and no matter how hard this child tries, they are still struggling.  
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They're considering switching to a different dyslexia school and will need updated testing for that. It's hard to know if it will further sharpen the picture of what's going on with OP's child until they get the results. Sometimes subsequent testing shows a different/fuller picture, sometimes not. Sounds like getting it is a good idea. Hang in there, OP. [/quote]

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