I just wanted to come back and update on our results. I was able to get the cover scoring sheets from the dyslexia testing. The advocate I was speaking to thinks that they should not have even scored the GORT because she never got a basal, but apparently the manual is not entirely clear on this?
Anyway, I met with the dyslexia teacher who did part of her testing. Shortly after I got there the district dyslexia director showed up to meet me. I honestly believe that they had only glanced at her scores and determined she didn't qualify for the dyslexia program. However, these two ladies were very nice and listened to what I had to say. I pointed out the variances in her scores and graphed them all so that they were easy to see on a bell curve. After about 5 minutes in the meeting they were both totally on board to recommend her for dyslexia instruction and questioned why she was not in gifted classes. They were my saviors.
The IEP meeting was exhausting. The SPED team was a joke and the leader was a total bulldog. I finally shut her up long enough to talk. In the end, it was very obvious they were going to fight tooth and nail to not provide an IEP. We went with the 504 for dyslexia, ADHD & asthma and got her in counseling for anxiety and depression related to school. She is also in behavioral RTI for social skills. I did warn them that if this route was not sufficient to provide her what she needed that I would be back. So far I have been happy with the outcome. We still need to have her visual processing checked as the advocate seems to think this could be part or even all of her reading issue.
I appreciate everyone's input so much! I'm hoping to be able to relax just a little bit for now and monitor her progress.
