I can certainly identify with your issue - we had a similar situation 
with our daughter and ended up paying for the Lindamood Bell system 
privately on a one on one basis.  The public school disregarded the 
testing we had done. They provided completely inadequate instruction to 
our daughter and by 4th grade, she was watching the clock during 
reading times to remind herself to turn the page so others wouldn't 
know she wasn't reading.  To make a very painful and long story short, 
rather than pay a lawyer to sue the school system, we used the money we 
had put away for our daughters college and spent it on a private school 
- one that didn't have a good program for learning disabilities but at 
least one that knew our daughter and provided her with support.  
Meanwhile we also continued with the Lindamood program which our health 
insurance covered at 50%.

The good news is that our daughter got through high school, reads 
slowly but reasonably well, and is doing extremely well in college.  We 
are in debt for college - but it is the most worthwhile debt we have 
been in.

I am a reading teacher - and even I could not get support for my child 
in public school.  What a crime.  What a shame.
Laura Chenven

-----Original Message-----
From: brakeysinger123 at yahoo.com
To: LearningDisabilities at nifl.gov
Sent: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 8:21 PM
Subject: [LearningDisabilities 820]  10 year old with dyslexia

thank you for all the helpful responses to my daughters dyslexia. just 
to get the story on line. I also have dyslexia which I have learned to 
adapt to. In nursing school I ranked 95 % in reading comprehension in 
the state of Massachusetts. The real problem my 10 year old who is 
reading at the first grade level is not having a reading program that 
is working.I pleaded with the school to start the Lindamood 
program.that seems to be working, but they do not have certified 
teachers to teach it effectively.and in order to get her caught up 
would take 3 hours a day of one on one teaching. which of course they 
can not provide.my question again is that they knew all along that this 
child was not progressing and they as professionals knew what was 
happening with the four different reading programs that failed her. 
these guys are taught and they did not stand up to the plate and say 
anything.If I did that to one of my patients I would have totally 
failed my profession and the life of my patient and I would be sued. 
These teachers need to be accountable for there actions just as us 
nurses have to be accountable....
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