She needs to know what she needs to do to get her daughter tested, her daughter is in 1st grade and has trouble with learning.
To see if she has any disabilities that causing her to have trouble with learning.
her grandpa has a learning disability.
Her uncle is mild mentally handicapped.
Her aunt has mild mental retardation.
She does wear glasses.
Her aunt and uncle was in special education.
Her aunt graduated from high school in 2004.
Her uncle will be graduating from high school in 2007.
2006-09-15 12:22:26 · 14 answers · asked by Rainbow kid 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
Your sister should talk to her child's teacher and tell him or her that she wants to refer her child for testing for possible special education services. If that goes nowhere, then your sister should speak directly with the school psychologist and tell him or her she wants her child tested for possible special education services. School psychologists generally do much of the testing and know about the referral process. Your sister should also discuss the history of learning disabilities and mental retardation in her family. If this goes nowhere then your sister should speak to the Director of Special Education. The Federal special education law is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (sometimes called IDEA '04). Additionally each state has a state special education law taken from the Federal law. Good luck to you and your family.
2006-09-15 15:45:57 · answer #1 · answered by Margie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all I am a person with learning disabilies. The first thing I would do is contact the childs teacher and arrange a meeting with her or him and discus the child positive and negative progress and then suggest to the teacher would it be a smart idea contacting a psychologist to have a I.Q test done to see the child weaken areas, and then make a more from there I would do this right now cuz first grade is an important year and the child might not be that far behind that just needs a couple hours a week with special eduacation and not all day classes...get tested!!!
I hope this answers your question!
2006-09-16 18:10:22 · answer #2 · answered by Irish Girl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is the child failing? If the child does have a learning diability, but it doesn't obstruct learning then why give the kid a life long label? If the child is failing, then there is help needed no matter what.
The letter above is a great way to start. Bad experiences don't always have to be the case, but you should know your rights. The reason they try all other interventions is because learning disabilities are hard to "diagnose" and most kids are misrepresented having over 52% of kids in spec ed with learning disabilities.
When you write your letter, also ask for a copy of your parent rights. Keep these with your copies.
2006-09-15 18:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by JP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her mother (or both parents, if possible) needs to talk to her teacher. They will discuss the options, and an agreement on how to best go about this can be reached. Most teachers can tell if there is an actual issue and not just something like laziness or sleepiness. (Please don't take offense to that, I'm going off of what my source listed below has told me.)
It could be an issue as simple as ADD, ADHD, a weak glasses prescription, or dyslexia.
Definitely tell her to talk to her child's teacher! If she doesn't get a straight answer from her, tell her to talk to the principal and counselors of the school.
2006-09-15 12:33:36 · answer #4 · answered by Esma 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know a common problem that is hereditary in families with learning is dyslexia. She would need to talk to the school and they can have her tested without cost to her. Dyslexia runs in my family and has affected multiple generations. Doesn't hit everyone and can affect girls and boys. Just a thought. Reading is so important for learning. But if the letters look upside down, backwards, transposed, it's really tough. Good luck!
2006-09-15 12:28:13 · answer #5 · answered by flower 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At my school the parent needs to either write a note to the teacher or special ed teacher asking for their child to be tested for special ed or the parent can do it by phone. It might be different among school districts.
2006-09-17 12:08:06 · answer #6 · answered by luella 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ok well hyou address the school special education teaher at her school for that o an by the way her disability if she has one will have not much to do w/ her aunt,uncle,grandpa,or the fact that she wears glasses its all to do w/ the mom an dad
2006-09-15 12:26:10 · answer #7 · answered by none of your biz. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk to the principal at her school or to your doctor - they will make the necessary referals. Be persistant and if you want help for her in school she will need to be "labelled" with a learning disability. Unfortunately, without a label there is no extra help in school.
2006-09-20 10:38:10 · answer #8 · answered by snowy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She needs to initiate the referral. She needs to speak to the Special Education Department of her school and express her concerns.
2006-09-15 13:18:17 · answer #9 · answered by katiekiss 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ANY parent can request the school to test their child. the school has 30 business days to the the testing. if the child is two years below where s/he should be, they will be put into SE. just gotta ask
2006-09-15 12:30:30 · answer #10 · answered by cb 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋