Teenager Who Is Declassified Posted: 10-24-06 15:31pm
I am a mother of a son was tested and
determined that he is dyslexic in the the
3rd grade. Till middleschool he was
recieving help and was classified. He
was then retested and it was determined
"he no longer was dyslexic" hence
declassified.
For the last year I have struggled with
the school for resourse, cause although my
son barely passed thier test, he sits on
fence, and needs constant help just to
maintain an above passing grade.
What I have found is that my son has
compensated enough to pass their test, but
he still needs major help.
He is now failing just about everything in
7th grade. Not only is his self esteem
waivering, but I see a child who is now
crumpling.
I am in constant battle with the school
system. I finally got him removed from
spanish.
Is this happening to any other children
out there, once they reach middle school.
Does anyone have any advice?
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sandyallen
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Posted: 10-24-06 16:28pm
What about special education? Going aand
having a meeting with the counselor,
teacher or dr, could he be having some
vision or hearing problems or try working
more with him at home or maybe a more
understanding tutor.
Good luck!
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ladylee70
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Posted: 01-30-07 17:22pm
I work in the schools. It sounds like
your district is extremely deadset on the
whole discrepancy model. They need to
look at all other factors. If your child
is barely passing his classes is a great
cause for concern. If your child's
standard scores on the standardized
academic tests that they gave (either
wj-iii or wiat-ii) were in average or even
below average range it would be very hard
to qualify a child with those scores. You
said barely didn't qualify. If it was a
reevaluation and your child showed
continued need for special education
services and the scores were low but your
child barely qualified, you probably have
a case. Talk with the school psychologist
and if you don't get anywhere, talk with
the asst special ed director, then go
director. You need the evidence that your
child is not succeeding in the classroom.
You are lucky in that your child was in
special education for a while. Are you in
the u.S?? If so, you said that your child
was classified as dyslexia. Dyslexia is
actually not a category for special
education. It would be specific learning
disability in basic reading and/or reading
comprehension. Although the underlyining
cause could be dyslexia. Also, sometimes
when a child no longer qualifies for
services they still may need continued
modifications. You can also ask for a 504
plan because your child did receive
services.
I would set up a meeting with the school
psychologist and do it now. Sometimes it
takes a while to actually get your child
tested. The process could be long. The
fact that your child was in special ed
(from what I read) could make things go
quicker.
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kdknwoody
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Joined: 13 Mar 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Rhode Island
Posted: 03-14-07 13:34pm
I would talk to your doctor and get
referred to a neuropsychologist or a
neurologist and get an INDEPENDENT
EVALUATION. If it shows he is dyslexic or
has other processing problems then I would
go back to the school system and fight the
declassification.
School systems are being financially
pushed to get students pushed back into
mainstream and then they struggle.
Is there a support group in your area that
would help. We do have one in my state.
Good luck and fight to get him the help
that he needs in school!
