Q&A: LD and Assessment, Placement, and Services
by Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D. Don't see your question? Then ask it! Assessment and evaluations 1. My son was just tested for learning disabilities and I'm interested in getting additional information on the actual tests, results, and appropriate course of action in my town. 2. Is it true that the public school system cannot legally refuse my request for an evaluation on my son? 3. I feel my youngest is going to need special help at school. I was told it was best if the school requests the testing. Why should my child have to wait for the school to request testing for him? 4. I have a son who has just started high school; he has learning and speech disabilities. Now that he is in high school, should I expect the same good grades he's been used to getting? 5. Is there any research that has been done on the effect of standardized tests on the learning-disabled student? My son must pass these tests to gain a high-school diploma. Inclusion 1. My fourth-grader is a good student. She has been placed in an inclusion class in which about half the students are SLD. I'm concerned about how this will affect her progress. 2. Is threatening a student with a documented learning disability a common teaching practice for inclusion? 3. My kindergartner has been doing quite well this school year despite having a very "traditional" teacher. However, he has not wanted to go to school lately. Notes from the teacher state that "he is reluctant to accept his punishment when he is wrong." That statement horrified me. Do you have any suggestions? Progress 1. My eight-year-old daughter has been receiving help for her LD. I see very little progress. What do I do? 2. My brother recently failed the class of a teacher who did not offer him any help. What can I do? 3. My 15-year-old son, who has LD, has been pulled out of his classroom for one 40-minute class a day since third grade. He hasn't improved at all. Now in his first year of high school, he just refuses to go. My husband and I don't know what to do for him. Placement, services, and alternative schooling 1. My friend's daughter was "diagnosed" with dyslexia and is receiving no help from the child's school. Where can she go for assisted help? 2. My friend's son has started a new school and is being denied the special education services that he received under a 504 plan at his old school. What can he do? 3. When our fifth-grader qualifies for in-school tutoring, but wants to enjoy a regular classroom day, is there any way to "insist" that she is tutored before or after her regular classes? 4. What type of kindergarten program should my daughter with special needs attend? 5. I'm having a hard time with special education this year, as there are too many children in the class. How can I get the class size lowered? 6. What can I do to help my two handicapped children? Should I homeschool them? 7. I understand that there is a school in Washington, D.C., that is geared to LD problems. Are you aware of this school? 
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