vlgimmelli Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hello, I have a meeting at 1pm with the PS Special Services in Montville, nj. All I have been doing is crying for the past few days. My son has been crying also because he doesn't want homeschool to end. I don't either in my heart. He has advanced in every subject at home since we started in April 2010 but his reading and comprehension has not. He is 11-1/2 years old and reading at a 3rd grade level. I am going to ask the school if he can have a reading program while being home schooled, and see if they are O.K. with it, which I am not sure. I want to see what they have to offer him. My husband really feels that the PS will help him with the reading but I am not sure. I would love to continue homeschooling(despite all the contradictions we are constantly getting from my in-laws and family members) and possibly get him to a great reading program outside of home school and help him catch up. Please keep me in your prayers today and will post how the meeting went afterwards. Thanks Lillian:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplain Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 A friend of mine went through this with her 3rd grader (an only child) this year, though they did not consider putting him back in school. They had him evaluated, found out that he has dyslexia, and hired someone to work with him privately at home. He's making huge progress with reading with the help of his tutor. With the rest of his homeschooling, his mom reads most things to him out loud. As long as his mom reads it to him, his comprehension and retention are excellent. (And frankly, I think it isn't such a bad idea to focus on oral comprehension at this age anyway!) Good luck finding your way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfcartmama Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 :grouphug: Hope it goes well for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhjmom Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I am praying your meeting goes well. :grouphug: AS an encouragement, my two daughters have severe hearing loss and we receive services from our local school district and still homeschool. It is not always cut and dry and you have to really know who and how to ask to find out if services are available to homeschoolers, but it may be a possibility. Has your son had a formal evaluation done? Does he have any diagnosed learning disability? That will be the first step for the district to do an evaluation and that should give you time to find out what all your options are. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlgimmelli Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 O.K. the meeting went well. Still not sure what I am going to do. Found out that they have a literacy group after school that my son can join and it is for special ed kids so that they can learn better comprehension skills and improve their reading and writing skills too. He starts tomorrow, so at least it is something I will continue to homeschool. Also, the psychologist whom I met with will be finding out if I can continue homeschooling and he be allowed to go to the PS for reading and language arts for a couple of hours a day, we will see. I felt that the PS is the same as the other one I pulled him out of, so I may continue to homeschool and have additional after school activities pertaining to reading and literacy and see how that works. It is a 12 week program and then breaks for a week and starts up again for 12 weeks. So we will see. Thank you for your prayers I really needed them. Please continue to pray that I do the right thing for my son and it be the best for him. thanks Lillian' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I would do some online research and check out your state's guidelines for homeschooling and special needs. Do not depend on the school system to tell you what your child is entitled to. It's like dealing with the insurance industry, they don't have your individual best interests at heart. Some states leave it up to the individual principal or superintendent, others have statewide regs that lay out what homeschool students may or may not have access to. You need to know for yourself what is and is not available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoPlaceLikeHome Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 :grouphug: ElizabethB has free phonics lessons that may help as well in conjunction with everything else you are doing. http://www.thephonicspage.org/index.html Plus Don Potter also has free great resources: http://www.donpotter.net/education_pages/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I don't know anything about your area. I am a sp ed teacher and used to teach in public school. Where I am, you may or may not be able to get services, all depends on testing results and committee decisions on how to meet the child's needs. When your ds was in school before did he have special services, do you have an IEP from that time. Did he make progress? I am skeptical of school reading interventions. Most sp ed teachers are not heavily trained in reading interventions (ironic isn't it). Reading specialists are, but once a child is identified sp ed, the reading specialist won't work with him because the money for reading specialists comes from a different pot than the sp ed programs. I would seriously question what reading interventions the sp ed teachers use before signing any IEP and moving forward. Look up specific reading programs (Wilson, PhonoGraphix, Orton-Gillingham, etc). Ask if any sp ed teachers are specifically certified in these programs. Ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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