We don’t Test for Dyslexia: Part II

Posted by Susan Epstein on July 6th, 2009 at 11:01am

As you may recall, when I first posted this blog I asked for any other “stupid things school say” that you would like to share. And to make it more fun, I offered that the first five respondents would receive a free 30 minute Special Ed Strategy Session with me. Well it’s not too late to send them in!
Here’s a sampling of some that I have received to date:
A parent was told by her child’s school psychologist “that her son’s brain was like a bucket and it would only hold so much information and she needed to pick and choose what to put in there.”
When a parent was informed by her 6th grader with ADD that when he forgot his pencil (again) his math teacher humiliated him in front of the entire class. She reported this to the Special Ed Team Chair. Her response was “Teachers try many techniques with their students, but sometimes all that works is humiliation.”
The school psychologist’s evaluation summary stated that a first grader’s difficulties in school continue to be in social/emotional/behavioral areas. When the parents were reviewing his IEP they questioned why there weren’t any goals under the social/emotional category. The adjustment counselor explained “Oh, there is no such thing as goals for social/emotional behaviors.”
Please write back to my email mindy@parentingpowers.com or through this blog if you have some really stupid statements you’d like to share. If you are one of the first five respondents you will be eligible for a free 30 minute Special Ed Strategy Session with me.

Mindy Mazur, Special Ed Parent Coach

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Tags: ADHD, Dyslexia, Schools, Special Ed

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