I am worried about having my child labelled in the school system. Won’t that mean that she’ll be in special education forever?
When a student is identified as needing special education through an IPRC, there is automatically a yearly review meeting to look at progress and see if changes need to be made to the identification and placement. You as a parent are an important part of that process, and any decisions would include you. Most students with learning disabilities need to keep their identification throughout school, if only to make sure they have accommodations (like extra time or use of a computer) in high school. Some students with LDs spend a few years in a self-contained special education class but most are in regular classes with withdrawal help or in-class support. My son has had an assessment at school and is in special education, but I read something about dyslexia and I think he might be dyslexic. Dyslexia is a term used by some professionals to describe learning disabilities in the written language area (reading/writing/spelling). Most school boards don’t use the term, but if your son has been d
