I got an e-mail today from my sons resource teacher stating she would like my son to start using the books on tape. The school is a member of the Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic and they have several of the texts and stories on tape. She is going to help me get a reader for these tapes free from the state of
Illinois. She was surprised when I told her his last complete evaluation was in 4th grade. I explained to her the reason for this is it was never questioned after that if he qualified for services. She wants to speak to the school psychologist to review his records and scores. She feels at the very least he should have an individual reading assessment given since he scored below standards on the state assessment for reading. Several tests
have been mentioned here what ones would be appropriatte for a 9th grader? They do have different levels of reading intervention in this school but according to the resource teacher my sons needs don’t fit neatly into 1 of the established programs. They have a reading skills class, this is a class for students who are
significantly below reading level; ie the 9th grader who made it to school with early elementry reading skills. They have a reading development class for students with a 3-5 grade reading skills, and they have another class for students who are only a year or two behind. My sons score on the group test shows him to be at the 6.5 level too high to qualify for the first two groups. The other class is for both reading and writing, his writing skills tested at the 11th grade level (except spelling) so he don’t qualify for this class either. They are going to have to come up with an individual plan for him. Everyone on the team is in agreement that the regular ed class with accomodations is the best way to go. They are going to look at getting a reading
professional to work with him and a group of other students who have his same profile. The school commented that they are now getting students like my son who are about 3 years behind in reading with solid skills in other areas. I think it would be nice if they had a level of instruction for these kids since they
have seen an increase in their numbers. I will continue to partner read with him at home because I feel the discussions we have when doing this is very beneficial to him. We basically disect the book! (and I hated biology—lol) Thanks for answering all my silly questions. Hope you have a great school year.
I’m not quite sure if I am in denial yet or just cautious. I need to know how to test my child from a parental view because I think that my child does show signs of distractions from learning but nothing more than that. She’s in the 1st grade and her tutor seems to think that she may be Dyslexic. Now I understand that this is very early in her school-age however, I want to get as early a start as possible. She has been placed in an IEP class without my knowledge. The school told me after the changing of all grade levels that they needed to do some adjustments. I then called my daughters tutor who explained to me the IEP and when I questioned the teacher, I received a general answer. Now, how can I help her if the teachers will not even tell me that my child is in special education classroom? Thanks in advance for forums like this.