There is a four SD spread between VCI and PSI/WMI and a three SD spread between PRI and PSI/WMI.
By the time he enters first grade he will have had two years of OT which includes Handwriting Without Tears. We are considering an intense summer session of reading intervention with Lindamood Bell. We are also doing Toe by Toe (a phonics book) at home.
He is making a lot of progress in reading and is one of the top readers in his kindergarten class. He still struggles with writing. He can make properly formed letters in a handwriting exercise but when he goes to do the "On the field trip I ....." writing assignments, he struggles with all aspects of it. His words are misspelled, the letters are reversed and/or inverted, and the few words he uses are poorly spaced. I understand that he is a kindergartener but keep in mind this is his second year of kindergarten. He was early entranced and then held back because he was having trouble getting work done.
I think the private school he is at now struggles with balancing his needs with those of the other students. He is more work. They don't think it is fair to give him more of their time than the other students. I totally understand this. Other parents are paying tuition too and for one kid to get more one on one than the others probably isn't fair in a private school. I have suggested ways to modify assignments. They don't seem to want to because they either don't see the need or think it is unfair to the other students that he get special work. This is for either e. They are not bad people. They are just running a business and I get that. The main accommodation he gets is that he gets to bring home unfinished work.
Part of me wants to try the public school because if it works then we aren't out all the money on the private schools. We have good incomes but I could certainly think of something else to do with the $120,000 we'd be spending on elementary school education.
Lots of things to consider...
