An outside evaluator or tutoring service told me my child has a learning disability but at school my child isn eligible for Special Education services. Why?
Public Schools in Washington use the Severe Discrepancy Tables (published by OSPI) in order to establish that a student has a Specific Learning Disability. This means that a student’s intelligence is much higher than their academics. A tutoring service is more likely to test academics alone and recommend tutoring service based upon low academics without considering the student’s cognitive potential. There are several ways in the research literature to diagnose Learning Disabilities. However, within the Rules for the Provision of Special Education to disabled students, public schools using public funding must adhere to state-accepted methods for documenting that a Learning Disability exists.
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