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my son

Author:
nell

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Date Posted: 16:18:49 12/05/10 Sun

my son is 9yrs old and one of the sweetest children i have every known,but he has dyslexia yet i cant get his school or anyone else to hear me out. he's struggling in school and feels like theres something wrong with him. please can anyone give me some advice on what to do to get the school to hear me out and help my son.he's been retained twice already and its hurting him.

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Jackie
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Date Posted: 17:49:51 12/09/10 Thu

I really sympathize with your post. I am 23 years old and i have dyslexia. I did not know that i was dyslexic until i was fifteen, and getting my teachers and people in the school system to hear me out was difficult. I have to give a lot of the credit to my mother. She has fought so many battles with the school system just to get them to acknowledge that i was there and needed some kind of assistance. I will tell you that it would help if you can get a hold of the school psychologist as well as INSIST on meetings with your child's teacher's. I also want to let you know that my 12 year old brother is also dyslexic but his case is a bit more severe then mine. I know how it can be a battle just to even go over simple math and how devastated you can feel because some one you love is going through so much internal pain. But there is a good side to all of this; if you can get a meeting with your child's teacher's and explain that he needs or has a 504 plan then they have to respect it when your child asks for extended time or extra explanation. The kicker is that sometimes it can be intimidating or even embarrassing to ask for that extra time or help. Tell your child and encourage that asking for help or extra time is something that he needs and that there are other people in the world that need the same help. Since he is younger, if he could muster up the courage to just ask for help when he needs it, it may help him out in the long run. Just make sure to reassure him that he is not stupid or lazy or any other demeaning thing he may think, it is just that he learns differently and there is nothing wrong with that. I hope i could give you some insight, and hope that things do work out.
Jackie