They want to put my little brother surrounded by special ed. HELP?

Ok so he is in kindergarden going to 1st and he doesnt know how to read. They want him to know how to read but i think its asking wayy too much of a 1st grader. So now they suggest he has a learning disability and want to put him in special ed. I almost choked the fuckin tutor when she said that. I'm in college and as i remember never learned to read until i was around 9. So what should i do?!? He is very smart jjst may be a slow learner?
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You didn't learn to read until you were 9 a third grader.Seriously. In kindergarten you learn how to read uncomplicated words like how it too see like bat. You also learn how to read those words within a short book. I don't think he should be put in a special ed class . Unless he can't count or the things kindergarteners are supposed to do. Can he count to 100? If there are other things he requirements a lot of help with afterwards maybe he should be held back. Special ed is jumping too far. He may just need help in reading and contained by first grade he will learn to read better. Maybe he needs to be held final if there are other things he struggles with he should be held back. But I don't dream up he needs to be in special ed.
Waiting until he is older will tight he will be farther behind when he 'gets it' if he does on his own. Kids I see that had early intervention - preschool and K/1 - heaps times no one would know there were any issues by the time they are surrounded by 5th grade.

A first grader should be reading. Without knowing how to read the rest of the academic will get farther and farther at the rear.

Stop focusing on the words (special education) and start focusing on what your brother needs to be as successful as he can be. This will give him some individualized instruction and additional support so that he is competent to keep up with his class. Source(s): 30 years in the paddock.
i say to enlighten them no and try to teach him yourself or hire a tutor because i think it's dumb that they would do that.
was he if truth be told tested-

i would opt more for a basic skills class at this point--

they are pushing reading earlier--it used to be first grade--some kids just aren't ready to read contained by kindergarten--

there are red flags--but jumping to special ed seems premature--

he should newly be in readin g intervention--unless tehre are otehr issues too

if teh intervention i9sn't working by late winter/early spring of 1st grade--tahn consider special ed

i had seriously of trouble in 1st grade--still got at least Cs--but within teh middle of 2nd--i caught up--and ended up being near teh top of my class in need special ed--i jsutw asn't developmentally ready Source(s): yping issueas r due to a physical disability--not the inability to spell
All that has to be done is the parent write a note to the district special ed director stating they don't want child in special ed. Simple as that. Schools love to bully parents. It's the PARENTS decision, NOT the schools.
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It sounds drastically possible that he is dyslexic which problems of reading and writing tend to highlight. Dyslexia has nothing to do near intelligence, many great people are/were dyslexic; Einstein, Henry Ford, Winston Churchill, Alexander Graham Bell, Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, Whoopi Goldberg, Cher, Thomas Jefferson, my son and daughter etc. etc.

If this is the case next the sooner it is diagnosed and the sooner he will get the help he needs to overcome this difficulty the better.. The best morning in my son's life was when he be told his reading and writing problems were caused by dyslexia, being awfully intelligent he could only assume he was stupid as he could not read and write like his classmates and nil I said made him think differently. With the help of a special ed teacher he have caught up with his classmates in twelve months. He go on to do very well at school including contained by English and my daughter is doing English Literature at University.

So do not be so quick to assume that all the children in Special Ed are somehow stupid. Without support dyslexics never master the basics and this can stop them from achieving their full potential.
Hi. First, know that special ed is a "service" and not a "place." Second, your bro is not you. The school is offering help to him that you did not obtain early. He may well be a slow learner, so that is adjectives the more reason to get him some intervention now so he may not remain so far at the back the rest of his friends.

Do you see some sort of stigma attached to him needing help, or do the words "special education" conjure up some dark hole contained by the wall where he'll never return? You're in college. If you needed help, you'd turn to a tutor or mentor to assistance you, right?

You can be that for him now, as much as you can. Give your parents a hand and him a hand up. Go to the library and sign up for a literacy class so you can get the impression better about what he might need. With a big sis like you looking out for him, he can't fall short, right?

The time for being scared about special ed is over, so seize with the program. Your little brother needs your support.

Blessings!
lawl! I read harry potter in 4th grade and be writing complete sentences by the age of 3. Maybe you should BOTH be in special education!
I agree with the first person to answer. Kids are expected to know how to read by the terminate of Kindergarten. The later a child learns to read the more difficult it is for them to learn the rest of the cirriculum. Do not choke the coach for making the suggestion. She is trying to do the best she can for your brother. If you didn't learn to read until you were 9 and are successful now, afterwards you are unusual... and GREAT for you. That is a huge accomplishment. If you can, tutor him after school or weekends. Source(s): 29 years as a teacher. 8 as a SPED teacher.
Get his hearing/sight tested! I couldn't read until i was 7, because I be never able to see what was written. All my teachers thought I be dyslexic,but then I had various test done and it turned out I actually had an IQ of 130. Once I got my goggles I was able to read better than someone twice my age within 6/7 months and competent to read classics by the time I was ten. Since you say your brother is smart,this could be the case next to him too because this happened to a few people I know. Your brother won't know if he can't see or hear because thats all he's ever specified. Schools are very quick to throw people contained by special ed classes,so cover your other bases first

If his hearing/sight turn out to be fine, early intervention is really, really important. If you consent to it go to long, and he doesn't just get it in the future, it will be really hard to help him.


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