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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 425899" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>OK. Sorry to hear you are out of work. It can be hard to get the help you need in that situation. It sounds like the speech person may have already checked him for language processing problems.</p><p></p><p>Will his school test him for reading readiness or problems with phonological or phonemic awareness? Phonemic (pronounced foh - nee - mihk) awareness is the ability to hear all the little sounds that make up words. Phonological awareness is the ability to break up words and sentences into parts, to hear and make rhymes, to be able to think about sounds in words and sentences separate from the words/sentences like being able to make up or recognize nonsense words, and an understanding of the relationship between written and spoken language.</p><p></p><p>Children who do not have good phonological and/or phonemic awareness usually have a lot of trouble reading, writing and spelling. A child can speak and hear just fine and still have problems with phonemic awareness. Kids who have trouble with their speech may also have bad phonemic awareness. </p><p></p><p>It's very easy for the school to test him for this. If the private school can't or won't do this you can ask your local public school district to test him. Even though your son is in a private school, the public school is required to test him for disabilities. This is called "Child Find" and is required by the special education laws.</p><p></p><p>You can even ask the public school district to test him for all kinds of disabilities to see if he could get special education services. If he is able to get those services, you will have to find out which ones you can get if he stays in public school and which ones he can only get if he is in public school. If he is getting speech therapy through Early Intervention then you just need to ask about his transition from Early Intervention to regular school age Special Education. Then as part of that transition, ask for him to be assessed in every area including social and behavioral. You may get the help you need for his behavior problems through the school depending on the results of the testing.</p><p></p><p>For kids who are struggling to read, phonics based instruction is usually the best approach. If you're trying to help him at home you might check your library and see if they have some beginning reader books for teaching reading that use phonics.</p><p></p><p>Hope you find a job today!</p><p></p><p>Patricia</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 425899, member: 7948"] OK. Sorry to hear you are out of work. It can be hard to get the help you need in that situation. It sounds like the speech person may have already checked him for language processing problems. Will his school test him for reading readiness or problems with phonological or phonemic awareness? Phonemic (pronounced foh - nee - mihk) awareness is the ability to hear all the little sounds that make up words. Phonological awareness is the ability to break up words and sentences into parts, to hear and make rhymes, to be able to think about sounds in words and sentences separate from the words/sentences like being able to make up or recognize nonsense words, and an understanding of the relationship between written and spoken language. Children who do not have good phonological and/or phonemic awareness usually have a lot of trouble reading, writing and spelling. A child can speak and hear just fine and still have problems with phonemic awareness. Kids who have trouble with their speech may also have bad phonemic awareness. It's very easy for the school to test him for this. If the private school can't or won't do this you can ask your local public school district to test him. Even though your son is in a private school, the public school is required to test him for disabilities. This is called "Child Find" and is required by the special education laws. You can even ask the public school district to test him for all kinds of disabilities to see if he could get special education services. If he is able to get those services, you will have to find out which ones you can get if he stays in public school and which ones he can only get if he is in public school. If he is getting speech therapy through Early Intervention then you just need to ask about his transition from Early Intervention to regular school age Special Education. Then as part of that transition, ask for him to be assessed in every area including social and behavioral. You may get the help you need for his behavior problems through the school depending on the results of the testing. For kids who are struggling to read, phonics based instruction is usually the best approach. If you're trying to help him at home you might check your library and see if they have some beginning reader books for teaching reading that use phonics. Hope you find a job today! Patricia [/QUOTE]
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