Dyslexia in CA is classified as reading and writing deficit. There is no special school and special program that target dyslexia only in CA. You should ask your home school district for an IEP assessment. It would include school psychologist assessment and speech language pathologist assessment. Hope this helps
How old is your son? CA doesn\'t believe in the label dyslexia, for one thing. And they would reassess your son for initial placement anyways. \"no child left behind\" policy say all school has to take any children. That means they cannot turn your child away. And according to IDEA law, you have parental rights regarding your child\'s education and the school systems always have the first right to assess. They would not even take your report from HK.
Your son may or may not truly have dyslexia, if the assessment was completed in HK. For one, is it done by a CA licensed professional? Most probably not. And was it completed by someone with US professional credentials? Most probably not. The school would only look at your report as \"parental concern\" and \"suspected deficit\". The school IEP team would then come up with an assessment plan for you, which you have to sign and the process starts there. My guess is that they would place your son in general Ed with RSP support until assessment is completed in order to determine placement for the academic year.
I agree with rose-mag. In my clinic, when we have a newly diagnosed disability/ deficit, I usually tell parents to go to their home school district and go into public school. They have a lot more resources than private. With that said, I also respect that public school is not for everyone, but you should at least give public school a try. HK education system is skewed and you would find that US system is a lot more supportive than hK. We are very careful with labeling a child with a deficit. It is not just a standardized test. Classroom observation also plays a role and here it\'s multi-disciplinary approach, which means you will find that you are dealing with a team of professionals not just a psychologist. Besides its SLP that diagnose dyslexia, not a psychologist. Psychologists are responsible for assessing cognitive ability and neurological processi screening, and refer for further testing if deemed necessary.
有留班。但留班係一個重要決定。唔係好似香港咁只通知你小朋友升唔到班。美國留班係IEP team 既collaborative decision 。通常係elementary先會俾留。亦要principal,parents 同school
District 同意，先可以留。所以如果IEP meeting 時建議留，家長都要好好考慮老師既recommendation。
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