Do the LD teachers keep progress notes of how a child is doing? (not the goals on how they meet them, but what the child did during the visit to the room or if they go in the classroom what they observe. Is this something that the parent can review as the childs file on a regular basis?
JW
Re: progress with LD teacher
I asked the question because I need a mechanism to let the tutor know where my son has left off at school so she can work on what she needs to do. Both the school and the tutor are using the Wilson program. I need communincation from the school because I am paying for the tutor at my own expense (it is not cheap) and want to make sure we are using her time appropriately.
Re: progress with LD teacher
Well- that makes sense. As a former resource teacher- I would have been willing to communicate with the tutor directly- as someone who does consultation and evals and may tutor privately at some point in the future- I would be willing to work directly with the school. It saves you some considerable headaches and they can probably be fairly efficient about it- email and voicemail have made this much easier I think:)
With Wilson- because it is a program- you should be able to get fairly concise information- where the child is in the sequence- what book etc. Your son could even carry this back and forth as a note I bet if the other options don’t seem feasible. Thanks!
Robin
Re: progress with LD teacher
The best way is to have the teacher and the tutor converse by E-mail. I do this with two of my students and have found that the tutor has been a great influence. Parents have my e-mail and converse with me when they have questions. Ask the teacher how she feels about talking with the tutor weekly and I think you may be surprised. Also if it were me I would set up a system where you can get immediate feedback by e-mail from both of them. You are going the extra mile and it’s expensive, see if the others involved will step up to help.
Jerry
Some do and some don’t. I kept notes on lessons I did with kids to help with planning the next one- what they were successful at and what was a bomb. I wrote them right on the lesson plan as I was working with the child. I would not be inclined to allow anyone to review those, but I could be persuaded about that I guess. I certainly never thought of it as part of a child’s permanent record as defined under the law. Some specialists keep a daily log, especially if they have to report to a supervisor about how they use their time. Why do you ask?
Robin