My son will take the SAT soon and I understand there are ways to help an LD child (extended time, etc) have any of you done this before and what suggestions can you give me. My son has an IEP tha offers a scribe, when necessary, extended time and oral testing if necessary.
I posted this on the teaching side of this website too. Thanks!
Re: SAT help
Rover has answered your question. The lead time is 4-6 weeks so get right on it. Many kids take it in the Spring of Jr. year and then give it another shot at the beginning of Senior year. Kids change a lot over six months. My son became motivated and raised his ACT score by 41%tile points with some tutoring thrown in as well.
Yesterday I watched a SAT Prep program on PBSU. I was very impressed in what I saw (I watched about 3 segments). It was imformative and entertaining. Sort of a Sesaeme Street all grown-up. I found the site on the internet where they sell Video/DVD of the series. If you seach around you will find clips that you can view.
http://www.standarddeviants.com/pls/brain/cerebellum.show_subject?p_subject_id=45
Helen
Re: SAT help
There’s an article on this site that’s generally updated every year with some of the details — I can tell you that the hoops are very complicated and drove our school staff person responsible for it right up a wall every year, and she’s extremely well organized. It may already be too late to start navigating the obstacle course — but don’t necessarily believe that from the first person who may say so (at the guidance office or even the testing office).
Re: SAT help
You need to get in touch with your guidance counselor. They have the forms to send in to the SATs to make arrangments for your son to take the test with accomodations. You can also check out SAT’s website and they have a page on their site which will explain the procedure to you.
My own son received extended time and getting that extended time was fairly easy. Is your son’s testing current? The testing needs to have been done in the last 3 years and you will need the school guidance counselor’s help with this.
Contact the school guidance counselor ASAP. There is paperwork that must be sent to the College Board prior to the test. Check out the SAT website at Collegeboard.com (there are probably other websites that link to it as well) and read the sections on students with disabilities. The school counselor is usually the one who must file the paperwork, and it must be done by a certain deadline. It might be necessary for him to take the test at a certain location, not necessarily the closest to home, in order for them to make the appropriate accomodations. I have not done it, but we just reviewed and updated my child’s IEP and this was one of the considerations we talked about.