If your child has difficulties early, with red flags especially in language
areas - reading, spelling, writing, often the school's solution to this
problem is to retain the child while they continue to do the same thing with
him, waiting for a different outcome. This "Waiting to Fail" Has Been
Discredited For Decades! Retaining kids in hopes that "maturity" will
cause them to learn to read, write and spell is not the answer.
Another Year in the Same Grade is NOT a "Gift"
Position statement on Child Retention
R E A D
The only way you can prevent the downward spiral is to:
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educate yourself
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try to educate the educators (although you should expect resistance from some)
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get a comprehensive psycho-educational evaluation for your child, from a
expert in the area.
Prevent
Early Reading Failure
Reading Rockets can help you navigate
through the best way to read to a child and what to look for and
focus on depending on the child's age or ability.
Reading Rockets is national services of
public television station WETA in Washington, D.C. Reading Rockets is funded
by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.