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<blockquote data-quote="aeroeng" data-source="post: 310562" data-attributes="member: 6557"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">The American with Disabilities Act states that the school systems must provide the testing. Thus many insurance policies do not cover testing for learning disabilities as it is the responsibilities if the school system. Until recently the school systems had to provide the testing if requested by the parents. Sometimes they would recommend against it but if the parent were persistent the school system was still responsible to provide it. I understand that with the no child left behind act, school systems now have the ability to do "pre-screening" which means they can chose not to perform the testing even when the parents insist. I was told by a private school Learning Disability (LD) director this has resulted in no private school kids in our county receiving testing with in the last year. Funny they all did not meet the pre-screening requirements. It is my opinion that this is a national disgrace, one which means the testing is only available to the wealthy.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">The testing is only part of the battle. When my son was in Kindergarten I requested testing. The school provided it, and stated he should receive "services". Our county does not recognize the term "dyslexia" they use "specific language disability". I did not care what they call it, just provide him the proper training. I had done lots of research, and quickly discovered that the school had no clue on how to train a dyslexic. When pushed for which program they were going to provide him with they finally gave me a book list! They did not even know what a program was let alone how to determine if one would be effective. They also ended up with Reading Readiness. Which is an OK program for kids with mild reading issues, but does not go into enough detail or the level of phonemic training required for a truly dyslexic kid. It was a nightmare.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">I ended up hiring a private academic therapist. I never had him privately tested as I knew he was dyslexic and I felt my money was better spent paying for the therapist. It has been a long road, but he reads well now. (Major organizational issues, but we are working on them). This is not the best approach as the testing provides some writes to school services and accomodations.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">So)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">1) You need to put in a formal request to your school system requesting testing for reading learning disabilities</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">2) Obtain your parents writes document and read it.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">3) Appeal any decisions you don't like</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">4) Use the schools documentation to support things like "reasonable accommodations" and school provided services, but do not stop there. In our county the school systems do a terrible job.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The International Dyslexic Association can provide you with resources (<a href="http://www.interdys.org/" target="_blank">http://www.interdys.org/</a>) including where to get the testing done. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aeroeng, post: 310562, member: 6557"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]The American with Disabilities Act states that the school systems must provide the testing. Thus many insurance policies do not cover testing for learning disabilities as it is the responsibilities if the school system. Until recently the school systems had to provide the testing if requested by the parents. Sometimes they would recommend against it but if the parent were persistent the school system was still responsible to provide it. I understand that with the no child left behind act, school systems now have the ability to do "pre-screening" which means they can chose not to perform the testing even when the parents insist. I was told by a private school Learning Disability (LD) director this has resulted in no private school kids in our county receiving testing with in the last year. Funny they all did not meet the pre-screening requirements. It is my opinion that this is a national disgrace, one which means the testing is only available to the wealthy.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]The testing is only part of the battle. When my son was in Kindergarten I requested testing. The school provided it, and stated he should receive "services". Our county does not recognize the term "dyslexia" they use "specific language disability". I did not care what they call it, just provide him the proper training. I had done lots of research, and quickly discovered that the school had no clue on how to train a dyslexic. When pushed for which program they were going to provide him with they finally gave me a book list! They did not even know what a program was let alone how to determine if one would be effective. They also ended up with Reading Readiness. Which is an OK program for kids with mild reading issues, but does not go into enough detail or the level of phonemic training required for a truly dyslexic kid. It was a nightmare.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]I ended up hiring a private academic therapist. I never had him privately tested as I knew he was dyslexic and I felt my money was better spent paying for the therapist. It has been a long road, but he reads well now. (Major organizational issues, but we are working on them). This is not the best approach as the testing provides some writes to school services and accomodations.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]So)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]1) You need to put in a formal request to your school system requesting testing for reading learning disabilities[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]2) Obtain your parents writes document and read it.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]3) Appeal any decisions you don't like[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]4) Use the schools documentation to support things like "reasonable accommodations" and school provided services, but do not stop there. In our county the school systems do a terrible job.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]The International Dyslexic Association can provide you with resources ([url]http://www.interdys.org/[/url]) including where to get the testing done. [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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