[shelimcallister]

Originally Posted by concretegurl

Thanks again!

Uh, no she was "reprimanded" for making the decision without consulting me, she and the school psychologist made the decision and based it on spelling test not being a requirement so during spelling test times on Fridays my son was doing speech therapy...he had an IEP for speech, but I still feel this was very sneaky in a way to withhold it from me he was being excluded from spelling tests, Milo actually told me about it and how he didn't understand why he did the work all week and didn't have to take the tests...he was given in-completes in spelling test. I was livid to say the least.

needless to say he is no longer enrolled in that school, it very difficult to have two children at one school, one an honor student the other has a learning disability to to see all the inappropriate differences in the way they are treated, very sad.

Some people think they are doing him favors, of course these are some of the same people who just talk louder in his face thinking that will help and talk to him in a way to lead one to beleive he is mentally impaired,

It is really sad that even teachers in this day and age don't understand that someone with a learning disability is no less intelligent than someone without, in fact Milo tested with his IQ above his age by two years in some areas, those with learning disabilities in many ways are smart they have learned to assimilate in creative way to compensate.

However we have the other end of the spectrum too some kids learn something after 3 tries Milo will take about 30 and we have to be very repetitive, he will miss something in the basic concept of an understanding and it throws everything off, but once he gets it he's fine. I think it's when people see a child struggling because the concept of something wasn't understood they just think the child in somewhat incapable and forget to go back to the beginning and start there-the end works itself out.

You've been very helpful in this it is very appriciated!

No problem!

This is very true! All children can learn! We are no longer living in the days where a teacher should only use worksheets and text books. A lot of childen are kinesthetic learners and need to be manipulating materials or provided visual supports.