{"id":9326,"date":"2013-12-05T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=9326"},"modified":"2015-06-19T12:59:49","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T16:59:49","slug":"running-out-of-time-to-teach-your-child-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/running-out-of-time-to-teach-your-child-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Running Out of Time to Teach Your Child to Read!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Running%20Out%20of%20Time%20to%20Teach%20Your%20Child%20to%20Read%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 8px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/istock\/boy.struggles.read.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"195\" \/>My 11 year old 6th grader has always struggled with reading, phonics, spelling, and his handwriting is atrocious.\u00a0 He is diagnosed with Auditory Processing Disorder. The most recent private evaluation discovered a major math delay.<\/p>\n<p>His middle school says he didn&#8217;t need any support and wanted to deny him services.<\/p>\n<p>We drafted an IEP with 3 well written goals, including Reading Comprehension.\u00a0 The final IEP completely omitted the reading goal!<\/p>\n<p>Last meeting &#8211; No PLOP. No goals. No services. Now they want to evaluate again.<\/p>\n<p>We have no money for a tutor, advocate, or attorney.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can I go to Due Process without one?<\/li>\n<li>Will mediation be the better route?<\/li>\n<li>How can I continue to advocate for him?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>You Need an Attorney at Due Process<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I do not suggest that you go to due process with a multi-million dollar school district without an attorney.<\/p>\n<p>You do not know how to do that. You need an attorney to tell you if you have a case, and how to frame the case.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Running Out of Time<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since you are unable to hire an appropriately trained tutor, an advocate, or an attorney, you will need to provide what is needed through another route.<\/p>\n<p>You can take the training and practicum necessary to teach reading. You can take the training necessary to become an advocate. Or, a combination of both.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Both of these options take time your son does not have.<!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow the evaluator\u2019s recommendations for the <em>beginning point<\/em> for the reading instruction.<\/p>\n<p>A specific program may not be appropriate for your child unless phonological awareness is already at a certain point.<\/p>\n<p>If you plan to tutor your son, find out where and when training in your area in various approaches will be available.<\/p>\n<p>For advocacy (and training), contact <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">an advocacy organization in your state<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Direct Systematic Reading Instruction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You mention goals, but nothing about direct systematic reading instruction. At your son\u2019s age he may very well need 2 hours a day or more of instruction to catch up.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully the evaluation has detailed recommendations on that. Hopefully the IEP you requested follows those recommendations. Hopefully all your requests have been <em>in writing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>You brought a problem to the School District. The School District thinks that more testing is needed to gain information on solving the problem.<\/p>\n<p>I would not stand in the way of that testing, since they seem to think it is necessary before they can move on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finding a Cost Effective Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your son is on track to remain illiterate if the family follows the path you are on. If there is nothing you can do about that, then that is how it will be.<\/p>\n<p>Do look again at your financial situation. If there is anything the family can do to get second jobs, or reduce vehicle or housing costs, then look into that sooner than later.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you are able to find a solution you can afford.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion the most cost effective thing you can do now is to hire an experienced advocate to review your son\u2019s file and make recommendations for next steps.<\/p>\n<p>Or, depending on what the evaluation tells you, hire an appropriately trained tutor for 5-15 hours a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My 11 year old 6th grader has always struggled with reading, phonics, spelling, and his handwriting is atrocious.\u00a0 He is diagnosed with Auditory Processing Disorder. The most recent private evaluation <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/running-out-of-time-to-teach-your-child-to-read\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,33],"tags":[1102,67,1300,565],"class_list":["post-9326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-reading","tag-direct-systematic-reading-instruction","tag-parental-role","tag-reading","tag-tutors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9326"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12935,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9326\/revisions\/12935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}