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Public School’s Offer to Help with Your Learning Disabled Child

It is that time of year again. Homeschooling parents all over my county and very likely all over the country are receiving letters that offer in school services to learning-disabled home schooled children. Here is an excerpt from one such letter: Federal law (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, or IDEIA) and the Georgia Department of Education Rules for Special Education require that each local public school agency work with private and home school providers to locate any student that may benefit from special education and related services. Our local school district is required to spend a proportionate … Continue reading →

Dyslexia and School Accommodations

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In my previous blogs I have been discussing the specific types of learning disabilities and what schools should be doing to accommodate the student that has them. I have touched on dysgraphia and dyscalculia. Today I want to talk about school accommodations for the student with dyslexia, perhaps the most well known of the types of learning disabilities. If you read another blog, written by Kristyn, in the special needs parenting section, you can get a brief overview of what dyslexia is. My job is to inform you of some of the expectations of the school for a child with … Continue reading →