Question: is the school suggesting that you end the Wilson reading program, or is suggesting that your child no longer needs any type of support or help such as an IEP or 504 plan? These are very different, and my reaction would be very different depending on the answer
My son also went through the Wilson program, and he went at 3 to 4 times the pace students normally do. I think that schools are not used to seeing students who have profound learning disabilities along with very high IQs, so that the remediation goes much quicker than expected. He went through the program at about seven or eight, and he is now 12 years old. He is a voracious reader, if it is something that he likes. For example he is currently researching papers online about antimatter. Some of them are on a college level, but he has no problem devouring not only the content but extrapolating on what is published. On the other hand, he still can't spell worth beans, and if someone wanted him to take a nonsensical test For spelling, I am sure he would fail it.
If the school is saying that they thinkm the Wilson Program is no longer doing enugh benefit for the amount of time it is taking away from the classroom, then I'd listen. if they are making noises that your child no longer needs continued support and accommodations in the classroom, I would fight very hard to keep whatever accommodations there are in place.
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