I have a friend that lives in the Erial school district (Gloucester Twp., NJ). Her 5 year old son is in need of extra help. He is dislexic, and needs help in his reading and writing. He is very good in Math, but for some reason, just isn't able to grasp reading and writing. Unfortunately, she is unable to take her son to a center, since she is a stay at home mom and pregnant. Can someone give me some kind of advice, so I can pass it on to her?
they should talk to the teacher or the principal about him getting some extra help at the school. they should be able to accomodate him since he has a learning disability. part of dyslexia is that your brain turns things around. it is hard especially with the reading and writing. did they test him to find out he is dyslexic or did they decide that is what is wrong because he has problems with reading and writing?
She just needs a home tutor. Alot of teachers do it for extra money and can even assist the child online.
The other mom's are right, usually the school gives extra help. They should have a reading specialist that will work with him during classtime. Her school should have mentioned some options to her... i would start with them. I also think that they expect a lot from kindergarteners. My daughter is in first grade, she was a little behind in kindergarten. She has now caught up and even passed some of her classmates. I would not worry so much yet.
K. U tell your friend to set up an appointment with the child study team at his school to have him evaluated. If there is truly a problem they will classify him and get him the extra help he needs. He will be set up with a social worker through the child study team who will monitor his Individual Educational Program (IEP) they will set 2 meetings up a year one in the beginning with suggestions for the year and one at the end of the school year, some of his teachers will be in attendance to report on his progress. The end year meeting is where you would make any adjustments for the next year. It gets confusing so tell her to ask all the questions she needs to ask she has to stand her ground sometimes. The sooner she does this the sooner he will get the help he needs. I wish her good luck.
I second what Johanna wrote. If your friend's son truly has a learning disability then the school district should be providing him with extra help at no cost to her. My niece had some speech issues when she was 3-4 and they got her evaluated and had therapists come to the house to give her extra help. There are programs out there. His mom definitely needs to ask about them through the teacher or principal or guidance counselor at school to get the help he needs.
