The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia by Jody Swarbrick

Author:Jody Swarbrick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: epub, ebook
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2004-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

FAPE — Free and Appropriate Education

As a parent, you naturally want what is best for your child. You want your child to receive the best education possible; your goal is to maximize his learning potential. You may have a specific program or therapy in mind that you think your child needs. However, the law does not require that school administrators provide the best possible interventions for your child; rather, the law requires only that the school provide your child with a “free and appropriate education” — commonly designated as FAPE.

FAPE means that the school is required to provide individualized instruction with sufficient support services to enable your child to benefit educationally from the instruction. In other words, the school must provide the minimal level of support that is adequate to allow your child to learn. The Supreme Court has held that this standard is met with services that are reasonably calculated to enable the child to achieve passing marks and advance from grade to grade.

Many children with dyslexia are extremely bright, and often their pattern of weaknesses and strengths leaves them highly functional in many areas, even though they struggle in others. For example, your child may read very slowly, but with excellent comprehension, and she may have a strong ability to retain information learned from oral instruction and class demonstrations. Through hard work and determination, your child may be able to keep up in class and generally earn B's and C's in classwork. With such a child, you may find it difficult to qualify for school services, even with a diagnosis of dyslexia — the school may take the position that the dyslexia is mild and does not affect her ability to learn.

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