My 9 year old 3rd grade son has been dx with SLD his IQ is around 140 or even higher I have been told.He has a hard time writing and cant sound out words.HE did work with a tutor for 30 mins a day on spelling,phonics,and writing.This just was doing anything.We requested a meeting now he goes to the sp. ed classroom for 90 mins a day and does writing,saxon phonics,and spelling.The thing is he dont like this new room and is really fustrated and taking it out on us at home and hitting me and his sisters daily and really hurting us.He dont really remeber doing this after he calms down a few hours after he gets home.He also has been dx with TourettesSyndrome,OCD and ADHD.He does work on grade level in Reading,Math,Science ,Social Studies.He does have reduced writing and extended time limits.In this class he goes to the others are really low functioning and he really feels out of place .He is thearting to purposely fail everything in this new class.The school dont see him act up and they act like I am lying to them about his behaviors.
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Linda:
I’m a bit confused, here. First you say that he cannot sound out words, and then you say that he is working on grade level in all his academic subjects. Is he able to read or not? If the answer is no, he cannot sound out words, then he needs a good, multisensory reading/spelling program such as Orton Gillingham, or an Orton-Gillingham based program such as the Wilson Reading System. Lindamood-Bell is also another excellent choice.
Chances are that the Special Ed. classroom is cross-categorical in nature, meaning that there may be different categories (Intellectually Impaired, Seriously Emotionally Disturbed etc.) and a wide range of differences in ability level. And from my own experiences, a LD student with intelligence in the gifted range is an oddity in the resource room. I’m not saying that he is not entitled to services, or doesn’t qualify, but your son is going to feel so out of place in an environment such as this. He is right. Get him out of there! Get him the appropriate tutoring that he desperately needs. Another point to consider is that because he is so bright, he will benefit from Books-on-Tape through Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic to support him in his content area subjects.
Marilyn
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He works on comprhension level on grade level.He reads little by sight but confuses similar looking words has no sense of phonics while he tries to read only when he does just phonics by themsellves.Right now he has most of his work read to him or listens to a tape.He figues some out by pictures and common sense.He rembers alot if it read to him and only if it intereses him.His dr. say he seems to have some signs of Autsium.I dont know but he is different but likes to joke around and gets jokes.He is a very fustrated boy right now and his behavior is getting worse.He does say he likes this new teacher and he will try in her class now but it is just one girl in this class he dont like and she does misbehave and is loud in school.He says the others arent too bad and he knows he needs the extra help he is getting with this teacher.
All I can comment on is that I have seen a number of posts from homeschooling parents who say that Saxon phonics is not very good. Some of your son’s frustration may be coming from use of poor curriculum materials with him.
You may be better off putting him back in the regular classroom and hiring private therapy for him. Some subjects you may be able to supplement at home. For example, the book “Reading Reflex” can help with tutoring reading at home, and Sequential Spelling (http://www.avko.org) often works better than traditional approaches — and only takes 10 minutes a day.
His acting out indicates his needs are not being met. I would look for ways to reduce his frustration level at school. I would actually ask him what does and does not help him, and take him seriously.
Mary