CS,
Are you familiar with the website www.ldonline.com. There is a section
called Finding Help, and under that there is LD Schools. Once you find a
school in a state that you think might work for you, you can go to the
Bulletin Board and post a comment for referrals.

Penny

-----Original Message-----
From: city_surfin [mailto:sumone2k@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:54 AM
To: dyslexiaclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Dyslexia Club] Inquiry about schools


Richard,
I appreciate your opinion. And I too am fed up with the public
school system. We are currently suing the school my son has
attended. He has been bullied so badly. Head put through a glass
food display case 4/29/2, urine soaked paper towels thrown at him,
bleach thrown at him, assaulted several times... of course the
teachers never see this stuff.. how convenient for them!!
But I have enough proof for a Yale educated Lawyer to take the case!!
My son has been in counseling since 8/2 for PTSD. I often think the
parents and teachers should be thanking me for being a good parent
and not making my son deal with this stuff alone.

In the meantime, as I said.. in the midst of all this .. my son
managed to maintain an A/B average!! They would read the text to him
for tests and at home we would do his writing homework. I have asked
the school to address this issue for years. They told me he was on
a 5/6 grade reading level. He is entering grade 9 next year. We had
him independently tested.. his scores were below 1st grade!! This was
depressing for him, so I did a google search for famous dyslexic
people. This helped him a lot. His intelligence level is evident by
the fact that he can score so highly on tests. He draws on what he
has stored in his memory, experiences, etc.

My son wants to be a pilot, aviation engineer, or an auto engineer.
I don't want to fail him as a parent. Please if anyone knows of any
schools that are willing to work hard to teach a dylexic to read and
not just hand him a cane for the rest of his life.. let me know!!

Sunday, a friend in Sunday school shared with me that their niece who
entered high school in special ed with dyslexia graduated with high
honors this year. The school is in Georgia. If we need to move
there we will, although Georgia is not my first choice. We also need
to try to be somewhere that has an excellent veterans hospital for my
husband. He is a vietnam/gulf war veteran and is ill from exposure
to chemicals in the 1991 Gulf War.

Thanks,
CS

--- In dyslexiaclub@yahoogroups.com, Richard <rpouncy@s...> wrote:
> Sorry to say this, the only school I know of is Home Schooling. I
am
> facing the same problem.
>
> As Parents, we need to get together and support each other and stop
> looking for help for the government. They are to busy looking for
their
> next pay check.
>
> Richard.
>
> city_surfin wrote:
> > I am a parent of a 14 1/2 yr old. He is to start High School in
the
> > fall. I have been asking his school for years to help him. He
> > scores very high with modifications, however, they have done
nothing
> > to help to be able to read, spell, and write. I had him
> > independently tested last week. He scored at a first grade
level!!
> > The person who tested said that the schools have failed him. NO
> > KIDDING. We live in Central Kentucky. She said there are no
schools
> > here that could help him. Does anyone know of any schools that
truly
> > are interested in educating the child and meeting their need.
She
> > said in order for him to succeed in high school he needs
intensive 2
> > hours a day of help with this, even if it means giving other
classes
> > and making them up later.
> > Does anyone know of any schools or do you know of any states that
> > have great schools that would be willing to address this?
> > I printed a list of famous people with dyslexia for my son to
keep
> > him from getting discouraged.
> > My son is very intelligent and has high goals for his life. He
is
> > also very mature for his age. He has suffered a lot from being
the
> > victim of harassment and bullying at his current school. I don't
> > think he will be going back. We are willing to move!!
> > I am currently looking into a private school in Florida, but need
to
> > also look at other options.
> > Thanks so much for your help!
> > city
> >
> >
> >
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