Guest guest Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 I was wondering how many of you have RSS children who are diagnosed with learning disabilities. is a 5th grader, who has been eligible for Other Health Impaired (OHI which used to be physically impaired) and Speech and Language. He also gets OT in school. I have suspected a learning disability since the end of 1st grade, and have requested testing numerous times from his school. They deny my request every time, saying he doesn't give them any reason to test. The ESE Specialist (the person who runs the IEP meetings & puts in for evaluation) is misinformed as to what constitutes a learning disability. I have argued with her over the years about what does constitute a learning disability, and that I think has a processing disorder. He has trouble retaining concepts he has learned, and will sometimes literally act like he has never seen something before when we have been working on it everyday. He also has extremely poor reading comprehension, but is a great decoder. I am fed up with the excuses I have gotten over the years, and I have placed a call to the ESE area office to speak with a program specialist. I am very interested to find out the prevalence of learning disabilities in our children & if anyone has any suggestions as to things I can say to convince them to test him, I'd appreciate it. Ironically, I am a former ESE Specialist (now a reading specialist) for the same county school system. It surprises me that I would have as much difficulty as I am having getting him tested, though I think the problem lies with the ESE Specialist at his school... Kim C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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