KEY TAKEAWAY A school evaluation answers one question: does your child meet California’s legal threshold for funded services. It is not a diagnosis, and it does not explain why your child is struggling. “Does not qualify” is a funding decision, not proof that your...
Key Takeaway This past year, California began screening students in kindergarten through second grade for early signs of reading difficulty, including dyslexia, during the years when reading gaps are easiest to close. Your child took a test called the Reading...
Hold Them Back. Give Them Another Chance. That is the recommendation most IEP teams give when a child with a learning difference is not making progress. The room goes quiet when it lands. The parents agree because the recommendation comes from the experts and sounds...
The short answer Dyslexia is not one condition. Research identifies multiple distinct profiles, each driven by a different breakdown in the reading system, each requiring a different intervention. A comprehensive assessment identifies which profile your child has....
Your child finishes the school year on track. Summer comes and goes. September arrives and suddenly they’re struggling with books they read easily in May. What happened? They call it the summer slide. It’s the learning loss that happens when structured instruction...