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My son was just diagnosed with dyslexia in his 5th year of high school, now that he's graduated by only reads at 6th grade level, are there programs out there to help educate him properly, since our wonderful public school system failed to. I forced the school to have him evaluated.
Suing isn't an option, since you have 10k-40k of attorney costs and schools rarely loose cases.
Looking for good college and/or additional tutoring info.
There is a college in Leesburg, Fl that specializes in students who have learning disabilities. They say they are the only one of their kind in the nation.
I have a son currently attending Georgia Southern with learning disabilities. He had an IEP all through elementary and high school, which was changed to a 504 plan upon graduation. He is eligible for many accommodations at college. We selected GA Southern because they have a reputation for supporting students with disabilities, but many other schools would have at least some services. Check the web sites under student services or dept of resources.
At all of the colleges I've taught in, the student must provide documentation to Disability Services. Disability Services will give us documentation stating what accomodations are necessary (it does not list what the disability is; only the accomodations). We get this documentation by the first class meeting, so if we have to make modifications to a test, quiz, etc, we can do it fairly easily. The only time a problem crops up is when a student waits until AFTER THE FIRST TEST, and TELLS us they have a disability, without providing any documentation. Then they have to wait weeks to get the doctor's note, get it to disability services, then get it to us. By then, half the semester is over, and the student is failing.
So yes, community colleges accomodate students, and do provide tutoring and other types of help and/or evaluations. The key is to go through the proper channels.
You have two separate issues: 1) colleges that make accommodations for students with learning disabilities and 2) places that offer remedial tutoring for your son.
For example, most colleges will allow students with documented dyslexia to take un-timed tests or offer special counseling, but your son isn't ready for that. If he has a sixth-grade reading level, it doesn't matter how much time he has to take a test. He needs special classes to improve his reading ability.
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