Looking for suggestions!

I know your brother is very seriously behind but has he made progress with the Wilson program? In other words, is it working? That wasn’t clear to me. I understand Wilson is often the program of choice for older kids (I looked into it for my elementary school child).

Will he continue to be tutored in it in high school? How often? I see that you thought every day was appropriate but not the school but not sure what they are proposing.

As far as how often, there is a pilot LIPS program in the schools here which pulls kids out four times a week. This therapist usually sees kids twice a week privately. She says that they don’t make quite as quick of progress that way (even though it is private versus 4 in school). I had another therapist recommend three times a week to me. So I would guess, on my experience, that two is the minimum but three would be better.

Beth

I am not really sure how effective the Wilson program is, I thought he was in book six (out of 12) but his IEP says that he is in book 4. The reading specialist said he is making progress but it is very slow. In my opinion he really needs once a day help.

The IEP was supposed to be written so that he will continue to see a wilson or Ortong Gillingham specialist but of course it wasn’t written that way. They feel that seeing the Wilson specialist 2 or 3 times a week is ok. We also found out that she can’t always use her alloted time for Wilson, sometimes she has to do regular school work with him becuase he is behind or getting frustrated. Also, during one of the Wilson sessions he sees the Speech and Lang path. Even though the IEP says it is supposed to be done independently.

With such low reading and language arts scores, I feel he needs as much remedial work as available, but of course the school doesn’t want to spend the money!

Thanks
K.

Why doesn’t your family bite the bullet and pay for tutoring to supplement what is being provided by the school. Yes, I know it is expensive, and it may require getting a 2nd job, a bank loan or re-mortgaging the house, but it is an investment in the child’s future.
The way I look at it, if the kid gets to university and eventually lands a well paying job, the diffence in saleries compared to what he would have made flipping burgers will more than make up for what was invested in tutoring in a few months.
I know the school board should be suppling him with what he needs, but we have to live in the reality of what is, not what should be.

Because laws were passed.

I don’t even think it is a cost issue.

They seem to have plenty of money for crummy programs that don’t work in my district.
Do they like for children to fail? Do they get more money if they can show that the kids are broke and they need more funds to fix them ahha and then not actually fix them but just watch them continue to fail getting increasing funding for more of the same?

Sometimes it reminds me of a cat chasing it’s tail.

There are programs that work. This isn’t rocket science.

Way out of line. True, it would be an investment for the child’s future, but we don’t know this families situation, maybe none of those things are possible. K was asking for suggestions on how to get the school to comply, not another lecture. I’m sure the school has supplied enough of those over the years. The bottom line is….the school is not providing a FAPE, if this child is this far behind. Good Luck K

Thank you. The school is where the problem is. I don’t trust them as far as I can throw them!!

I will no longer depend on them to do the right thing. He is going to be a 9th grader an can’t read beyond 3rd grade. I think they have done enough work with him.
Your right he hasn’t received a FAPE. I have been screaming this all along but no one would listen, maybe now they will!

Thanks K.

Sorry if my suggestion seemed out of line. Being in the thick of all the emotional problems associated with my child’s ld and reading failure, I have given up on trying to get blood from a stone. For me, it just isn’t worth it.