The school district can provide nothing but Reading Recovery this next year for my daughter who is going into 1st grade and diagnosed with mild dyslexia. That is my final answer…she will be attending the private LD school in the fall.
The Good News is that the administration wants to form a comittee of parents, teachers and administrators in the Fall to work on how to i.d. and implement a program for K-2. They want me on that commitee. Right now, all kids in the school district are i.d’d at the end of 2nd and start Scotish Rite dyslexia program in 3rd grade.
Suzi
Re: Finally received my answer from the school district..
That is good news, Suzi! What a great opportunity to make a difference for other kids! Be sure they have access tp things like the Schwab article of acceptable programs, although some are vastly better than others.
http://www.schwablearning.org/Articles.asp?r=318&g=2&d=5
I would also recommend that you give out some copies of the book, “Why Our Children Can’t Read” by Diane McGuinness. That would be a good foundation for them to have.
Janis
Re: Finally received my answer from the school district..
hmm,anytime I hear Nothing But: It makes me feel the limiting programs based on funding flag go up. This would be in violation of IDEA AND 504. I would ask to a specific reason why this is true,IN WRITING
Reading recovery comes from the same place as Whole Language
Not long after Whole Language came out, it was followed by Reading Recovery. Both are from New Zealand. To be done as designed, Reading Recovery is to be done with the bottom 20% to 25% of the early reading class. I feel it is the cleanup after Whole Lnaguage has failed with 25% of the class.
Very few schools do Reading Recovery the way it was planned because of the high staffing costs. It requires a full time reading Recovery teacher to approx. every 3 grade 1 classes.
Our experience with it was useless. Expensive but useless. I finally found someone with the skills and initiative to tailor her expensive, intensive tutoring to my child. I was just lucky.
You have an oportunity to make progress in your community. Be aware that few educators know jack about reaching reading, teaching LD children or teaching ADD children. Hide your surprise.
Sounds like progress in its own way :) COuld be they want to improve things for the kids… or more cynically that they realize that saying “well, it doesn’t matter waht the kid needs, this is what we have” is the ticket to public funding of private education that does meet the needs.
Kudos to you for being willing to help make things better for other kids!!!
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