Mich

I want to Thank you both for your replies. I'm sorry I didn't respond. I got advocates after this. Worked with them with the school district for an entire year. Pretty much in the same place as a year ago. Time to move forward though I won't post much more publicly. Need to keep my cards close to the vest. Is that the phrase?

Thank you JSD24 and Carolyn Rowlett. I appreciate the help. Fortunately, my child completed a full IEE with a Neuropsychologist in 2024 paid for by the district. They used this data to place him for summer reading instead of a reading evaluation specific to Orton Gillingham. At the CSE meeting they were saying a specific OG READING EVALUATION was required before they could award compensatory reading for the summer and that I was too late to get one so he'd have to wait until fall for OG Reading Eval. When I used the other Advocate's script, they awarded summer reading and speech. However, I was concerned that they said the OG Eval was necessary then said they would skip it. That's why I was thinking of getting a private one anyway. What do you think? Should I get this step on my own since they are skipping it and using IEE that is almost a year old? Summer instruction starts Tuesday.

Hi. You replied to me too about reading recently. You give very thoughtful and thorough replies. Thank you. Would you let me know what RTI/MTSS is? Forgive my ignorance. TY. Mich

I want to thank you both for your thoughtful replies. I am happy to report that I posted a similar post on another Special Education Advocates forum and she gave me a script for my CSE meeting. The IEE that was done in the fall got reviewed by the Reading Support department. He was given 3 sessions per week of OG Reading Comprehension and 2 speech therapy sessions for the summer. Crossing my fingers and saying my prayers that he makes meaningful progress!! I am trying to decide if I should invest in an individual reading eval since they skipped that step.

This interests me too. My son is in a 12:1 self contained here in NY. The Special Education department says reading and math remediation takes place in the self contained class. I happen to know that two of his classmates get pull outs for Orton Gillingham reading 5 x out of 10 days for 40 minutes each. My son's biggest reading problems are comprehension, vocabulary and fluency. He can read the words but had very little idea what he is reading. Is OG right for him? Should I fight for it?

My child has been passed along through each grade with huge learning gaps in reading comprehension, fluency and vocabulary. He also still counts on his fingers to do basic math so they added 'may use a calculator to his IEP'. I WOULD LOVE to see him close some of these gaps over the summer. I am drawn to all the ads on FB. "Gain 1 school year of progress this summer." Etc. Has anyone found one of these programs to actually work? They are so expensive. I can't afford to invest if they are frauds. Is there anyway the school district will help pay for them? CSE MEETING tomorrow (Tuesday) ugh!