I’m not complaining about the parents we’ve met, chatted and sometimes even sat in an IEP Meeting with, we’re glad we could help. I just always wonder when knowledge of the research is going to have time to circulate to all educational institutions and action will be taken for the at least 15% of the student population and they will finally be understood. I feel the need to share once again, that in our experience, we have had schools that were very willing to work with us, schools where teachers offer up ideas on what will help make our dyslexic children successful, but then with a transition to another school, it’s like you’re launched on to another planet where they don’t seem to understand the simple concept of why allowing extra time to finish work is so important to many of our dyslexic students, they stare at you like your speaking some sort of alien language.
So, what is the point of this rambling? Just my thoughts as we enter into helping a few new families and hope that someday, a parent doesn’t have to find us through a friend, of a friend of a friend, but can find the resources and understanding they need right through the public school doors their children walk through every day.