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Hello, My daughter's IEP states that she gets 100% extra time for tests and more can be considered if needed. It also says no use of timers and to answer her questions directly. She is in 10th grade and advocates fairly well for herself. Her last chemistry test the teacher told her that she would give the class the full period to do the test however since she felt the test should only take 30 min she would only allow my daughter to take 60 min. My daughter tried to advocate and the teacher said 30 + 30 is 60. My daughter asked how long the class was and the teacher (instead of answering her directly) told her to look at board where the times of the classes were writ…

Hello! My child's IEP provides notes to her from the teacher. The teacher is giving the class an open notes test but told my child that she could not use the teacher provided notes. The teacher told her to write her own note card. This instruction was given to my daughter when she asked if she would be allowed to use the teacher provided notes. It was not an instruction given to the full class. This seems counter intuitive to me. Ask a person who has notes as an accommodation to rewrite all her notes. What are my options here. Her test is tomorrow so any advise you can provide quickly would be really appreciated. Thank so much! ❤️

My child's school is suggesting that we do a review of records for her last evaluation before graduation (summer before 11th). Will this be okay when she self declares her disability in college or will they need an Evaluation done within 3 years? When I asked her case manager she said they would not do an evaluation for the purpose of college transition but if we asked for an eval they would do one this summer. Also, the last eval the school did 3 years ago for some reason they decided to no longer include reading (she's had since 2nd grade) even though her fluency scores were in the 1 to 8%tile. (We agreed to it so we wouldn't hold up her services and we were not willin…

My child's school is suggesting that we do a review of records for her last evaluation before graduation. Will this be okay when she self declares her disability in college or will they need an Evaluation done within 3 years? Also, the last eval the school did 3 years ago for some reason decided to no longer include reading (she's had since 2nd grade) even though her fluency scores were 1 to 8%. (We agreed to it so we wouldn't hold up her services and we were not willing to go to court to fight for it at the time) She is currently listed as EF and anxiety as her disability catagory.

My 2e daughter's general Ed teacher had a meeting with her about accommodations and modifications. She said to her student, "Your IEP is set up so you get good grades" and "You need to push yourself more you should try without your modification and accomodations." "You should not be getting all 100s." Needless to say my student, being put in a position to defend her needs, came out of the meeting feeling terrible about herself. I would love to send a video or a professional paper to this teacher to help her understand students who Learn differently are not lazy or need to pish themselves harder when they are already working 2x as hard as their neurotypical peers…

We are approaching our first reevaluation 3 years after my son's initial evaluation at school, which was followed by an outside IEE paid for by the district. The district initially found minimal issues and said my son didn't qualify. What do I need to ask for in reassessment to assure that we're able to compare current tests to the IEE? How do you document in the PLOP The successes of the student with *accommodations and specialized instruction* in place, and still justify the need for services? Do students have to remain below the 18th percentile in some areas in order to qualify for an IEP? Without the accommodations and support, he'd fall apart. Thanks for s…

I have a 13 year old grandson with dysgraphia. What accommodations would be most helpful for him? Writing is physically painful for him, and he has great difficulty getting his thoughts on paper.

Hi! I have a 15yr boy/freshman with a complex learning profile including dyslexia, ADHD and written expression issues. One of the goals we’ve been working on for years is his written expression and the different components of writing. This year we’re focused on organization, style, & conventions (based on PA writing rubric). He has been resistant for years to embrace his AT (Google read/write, Grammarly) to utilize the spell and grammar check. And I’ve tried to explain that these things can be easily corrected with tools and help paint the picture to the reader what he’s writing about etc… I think due to his ADHD he can’t be bothered to fix the misspelling and just …

Hello! I am wondering if there are tools that you have used that can help my dyslexic student. The IEP specifies that the student gets teacher notes and audio for reading assignments but, that doesn't happen unless the student asks every time. The student is a HS freshman so we are at a point where we can't depend on the school to do the right thing anymore. We need to prepare for a world without accommodations. So my question is, are there tools that will scan and read a paper document, take notes (not every word but can determine the important info) and be able to read the notes back? If you have experience with tools that have worked for you or someone you've work…

Hello, I need help with wording and suggestions for common dyslexia accommodations and goals, please. My child has an IEP already, but recently had been struggling with spelling tests and some reading. She is in 8th grade and has to memorize all 50 states and capitals and has to spell them correctly for full credit. We've asked for an emergency IEP meeting because my child can't do this assignment and it's causing incredible stress, but we don't have a dyslexia specific accommodation or goal. I feel that her dyslexia has not been addressed at all by the school, they keep saying she is doing well, but at home spelling is super hard, when she reads out loud she makes …

Please help....Does anyone have a child/student who's IEP includes an accommodation for receiving teacher notes? If so, how is it worded?

Since 2nd grade my child has had a SLD in reading. Now in 8th grade after years in OG training, the school is removing the label from the IEP after reevaluation. Fluency scores are 8th% or lower for all types of fluency but reading scores are high. Reading comprehensive is 68th% which is low compared to oral comprehension of 99.5%. Full scale IQ is 133 and has second catagory of gifted. Since Fluency scores in reading and writing are so low, my child continues to need extra time, notes, audiobooks etc...Reevaluation is concluding that EF and anxiety are causing the delay in reading fluency and labeling as Other Health Issues (OHI). Research I found says reading flue…

How do I know if my high schooler really needs help with reading the school said no because gort5 was at about a 16 percentile to 14 percentile wiat4 pseudo decoding was like 21 percentile. But word reading fluency and reading comprehension was below 7th percentile wiat4 said the reading level was at about the 4th or 5th grade level. I do think most of the problems are with fluency and comprehension but should the school have provided a specialized reading program for this. It's just so hard to know with out being able to afford a advocate or anything.

The article really resonates for me. What else do you think people don't realize about raising kids with Dyslexia etc? https://www.understood.org/en/articles/7-things-i-wish-people-knew-about-parenting-kids-with-dyslexia?_sp=78baebda-7e93-419b-b416-ffeafbf7914f.1665544102116