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Subject: Re: Dyslexia Testing by psychologist or certified dyslexia testing specialist

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Keith

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Date Posted: 08:49:22 11/19/10 Fri
In reply to: Jenn 's message, "Dyslexia Testing by psychologist or certified dyslexia testing specialist" on 12:54:56 11/17/10 Wed

You will request the school to test your son if you live in the United States. The American Disability Act, Rehabilitation Act, Public Law 92-142 and Public Law 99-457 make it clear that public school must actively seek out students with learning disabilities and ensure they are receiving the help they need to be able to achieve equally with their pears.

Be prepared for the school to resist some so it would help to understand more about whom and how your son was recently diagnosed with a learning disability, which may give support to your request.

The school or school district should have a psychologist as part of their staff that does the diagnosing. I don�t believe there is a certified dyslexic testing specialist beyond that.

As far as IEP, make sure your son is specifically receiving the accommodations that address how his disability affects him and not some general accommodations that are just for his disability. Again the law states that it should be tailored to that individual, because no disability is going to exactly be the same from person to person and to different varying degree with each aspect of such disability.

Now I can�t say for public school due to not receiving the accommodations I needed when I was a student, but in college they require a student to sign a peace of paper stating the accommodations they will receive. The law does not required this and a person should have the right to refuse signing any such paper without losing their rights to reasonable and necessary accommodations, but the colleges do not see it this way. I believe they use that paper as a means to say the student agreed with such accommodations so they can not argue it later. Like some legal contract. The law states that any written agreement is none binding because you can not sign your rights away. What I would suggest if that if the school does require you or your sun to sign such a paper, this would be the perfect forum to use the slot that is provided for you to make any statement and to state any grievance you may have in what you may feel would benefit your son and the school is not supplying. Then make sure you get a copy for your own records, which they should automatically do anyways. Chances are the school will lose their copy, so make sure you hold on to yours as if it is made of gold. It could become extremely important down the road.

If the school still refuses to test your son, then you will have to go outside the school to do so. The school will be in violation of your son�s rights if they do refuse. If you have insurance, it should pay. That is how I was tested with my parents taking me to a psychologist. If you do not have insurance, like Texas here, there should be some type of state origination you can go through which will pay for your son to be tested by a psychologist. This is what I had to do once I was an adult in college and could not afford any other means. The best way to possible find what origination you need to contact would be your area colleges� disability departments. They should know the name of such assistance and point you in the right direction.

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