When we have our meetings for our daughters IEP everybody who is involved
with her education is there - her speech therapist, her teacher, her
learning resource teacher her room aides and any other teacher she may
have class with. The school psychologist is also there and anyone we feel
necessary to understand or be understood is there. - ex school principal - a
friend of ours from another district that teaches children with learning
disabilities - we have written paperwork that tells us what they are going
to do and how they are doing to do it and what they expect the outcome
should be a definite date of next meeting - any questions at all are asked
but we can also contact anyone at anytime with other questions and we take
as long as we have to to talk thru our thoughts and feelings on the
different issues-although she was only originally tested for reading and
comprehension after being in school she was showing difficutly in math and
it was suggested she be tested in math - meanwhile her teachers came up with
ways to help her feel more comfortable in class - all children received a
number line all children are asked the same kinds of questions she is asked
so that she is not singled out or made fun of by the other children - she
receives a little more time to complete an in class assignment - in the
learning center she started to learn to do math with the touchpoint system
and that has helped just the amount of attention showed to her or us has
helped us - you need to stop in and see the classroom ask about where your
child sits - does the teacher think a different location would be more
beneficial etc.- I know the frustration you are feeling because we dealt
with it for the first 2 years of her school life but non of the teachers
wanted to say anything because they thought we wouldn't want the stigma of
her being labeled learning diabled - she just needs more help and time than
other children in her class she is very bright and that is usually always
the case they just don't know how to process the information well enough
yet -it is the schools job to help you and your job to fight for it. hang
in there!
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Gary and Kelly Cobb" <cobcatco@...>
To: <dyslexiaclub@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Dyslexia Club] VENTING


>
> Yes, we came from a private tutor (homeschooling more or less)
> environment, it just seemed so much more flexible. I guess I did place
> alot of emphasis on "public" school, it's just frustrating when you've got
> others basically in control of decisions with very little influence that
> I, as a parent can exert. For instance the dyslexia program they're using
> is based off of 20 y/o material from Scottish-Rite and there've made
> soooooo many advances made since then.
>
> Oh well....
>
> We are very involved (believe me 2 hours of homework every night is
> involved, in and of itself). They didn't even have a program that
> addressed second-grade children's issues with dyslexia until we pushed for
> it. We have meetings all the time with the school staff. By the way,
> they always have at least 6 people there during our meetings. We never,
> never can talk one on one with individual teachers. Do you guys ever
> experience this???
>
> I just feel like we're constantly running into a brick wall.
>
> Debi Juday <debi_juday@...> wrote:
> We had this same experience in a parochial school - we are only getting
> the
> help our daughter needs through the public school district and they are
> trying everything to help her feel confident in herself and keeping us up
> to
> date with her progress. I believe it is not just a "public vs. private"
> issue we have to honor roll students who succeeded in private school but
> they couldn't wouldn't help our daughter who has a learning disability.
> The
> parent needs to be involved.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cobcatco" <cobcatco@...>
> To: <dyslexiaclub@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:28 PM
> Subject: [Dyslexia Club] VENTING
>
>
>>
>>
>> Do any of you ever get soooooooooo frustrated that the goal in school
>> (public anyways)is for our children to achieve "minimum requirement"
>> versus "maximum potential"???
>>
>> Last year my husband and I had to enroll our daughter into public
>> school at the beginning of her second grade year. Of course they had
>> to do a "preliminary" test to see if she was "on task" which she
>> failed. The test was a joke, not comprehesive at all nor hardly a
>> tool that could be used as representative of her knowledge base.
>>
>> Anywaysssss, they recommended holding her back a year (which I
>> refused to allow happen), they refused to do testing for dyslexia (my
>> sister was dyslexic and I had growing suspicions) which I had to get
>> done on my own from an outside source.
>>
>> It came back, sure enough, she is dyslexic. However, it also
>> revealed that she has great compensentory skills in deductive logic,
>> etc. Since she has been in school she's made A's & B's and only
>> missed one question on the state standardized test. BUT this is at
>> the cost of NEVER having recess (this is the only time she can go to
>> dyslexia class - which they don't want her in because she isn't
>> failing) and at having to do at least 2 HOURS of homework EVERY NIGHT.
>>
>> They refuse any modfications at all. I guess I'm just complaining.
>> I guess I should be happy she's not failing. It's just sooo
>> aggravating. I know she'll never get to participate in gifted &
>> talented classes because she could never complete the tasks in
>> a "timely" manner yet she understands concepts that absolutely blow
>> my mind. Things like pupil dilation, knowing that a single digit
>> number multiplied by 9 is always one less than the number you're
>> multiplying by in the ten's place plus a number in the one's to get a
>> sum of 9, etc.
>>
>> Anybody out there feel the same??? I feel like my kid is missin' out
>> just because she's "meeting the standard" and havin' a pretty crappy
>> time of it as well along th' way!
>>
>> And, in reference to siva's message earlier: "Every dyslexic is
>> unique from each other; do not make him think like the other common
>> people, make him think the way he thinks (the way a genius thinks)."
>> Can I tell you something that is sooooo ironic??? The very first
>> reading assignment my daughter was given in public school was "The
>> magic schoolbus and the beehive" it was all about "drone" bees and
>> the like! HA! How's that for teaching "independent thought"???
>>
>>
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