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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 487457" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>Reading Recovery does not work with dyslexic children and is antithetical to how they learn. So you need to know if Missy is dyslexic or not. If she is, Orton-Gillingham or Wilson would work better.</p><p></p><p>easy child is dyslexic. When he was going into 6th grade, we realized that our middle school could not work with him. They told us he was too high functioning for self-contained and too high functioning for inclusion so all they had to offer was one period of daily resource room, which was not enough. We fought and he was sent to a private Learning Disability (LD) school - basically, a self-contained because ALL of the kids had Learning Disability (LD)'s. This school did not take behavioral kids so we didn't worry about him picking up bad habits.</p><p></p><p>After 3 years there, he returned to our SD for HS. He's in grade 10, taking all regular classes and doing fine. I fought again for him to be in regular, rather than extended, geometry this year and he got a B the first quarter.</p><p></p><p>My point is that sometimes - IF the program is suitable - a specialized program can work. You need to check into the sped class they want her in to see what the focus is and where she falls on the continuum. My son's IQ was much higher than the next highest kid and his only issue is dyslexia so he wasn't suitable for the classes. My argument for getting him into the sped school was that it actually was the LRE for him and his needs.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with Missy. I would stand firm on trying for an appropriate out of district placement unless you feel the self-contained at school is a program that will help her. In your case, I would argue that you gave the school years to try and work with her and they didn't succeed and, in fact, by their own testing, she has regressed! Then you have to show why the in-school sped is not appropriate for her (if it isn't) and then you have to locate schools that you feel are suitable. We told the SD our goal was to bring easy child back for HS. However, we did not really decide on that until the middle of 8th grade.</p><p></p><p>Marshal your evidence and your facts and present it all. If it doesn't work, ask for a hearing and then bring in the lawyer. If you feel more comfortable, contact him and see if he does free consults. My H and I are both lawyers, so we didn't go to that level but we would have retained one had we not gotten the placement we wanted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 487457, member: 3493"] Reading Recovery does not work with dyslexic children and is antithetical to how they learn. So you need to know if Missy is dyslexic or not. If she is, Orton-Gillingham or Wilson would work better. easy child is dyslexic. When he was going into 6th grade, we realized that our middle school could not work with him. They told us he was too high functioning for self-contained and too high functioning for inclusion so all they had to offer was one period of daily resource room, which was not enough. We fought and he was sent to a private Learning Disability (LD) school - basically, a self-contained because ALL of the kids had Learning Disability (LD)'s. This school did not take behavioral kids so we didn't worry about him picking up bad habits. After 3 years there, he returned to our SD for HS. He's in grade 10, taking all regular classes and doing fine. I fought again for him to be in regular, rather than extended, geometry this year and he got a B the first quarter. My point is that sometimes - IF the program is suitable - a specialized program can work. You need to check into the sped class they want her in to see what the focus is and where she falls on the continuum. My son's IQ was much higher than the next highest kid and his only issue is dyslexia so he wasn't suitable for the classes. My argument for getting him into the sped school was that it actually was the LRE for him and his needs. Good luck with Missy. I would stand firm on trying for an appropriate out of district placement unless you feel the self-contained at school is a program that will help her. In your case, I would argue that you gave the school years to try and work with her and they didn't succeed and, in fact, by their own testing, she has regressed! Then you have to show why the in-school sped is not appropriate for her (if it isn't) and then you have to locate schools that you feel are suitable. We told the SD our goal was to bring easy child back for HS. However, we did not really decide on that until the middle of 8th grade. Marshal your evidence and your facts and present it all. If it doesn't work, ask for a hearing and then bring in the lawyer. If you feel more comfortable, contact him and see if he does free consults. My H and I are both lawyers, so we didn't go to that level but we would have retained one had we not gotten the placement we wanted. [/QUOTE]
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