Posted by Vicki on Monday, July 18, 2005 at 3:17pm.
My son is going into the 2nd grade. I am having trouble getting him to read. He tells me he cant do it. The school is wanting to put him in special Ed. How can i help my son and his reading?
Before a child is assigned to special education, he must be thoroughly evaluated by an individual educational planning committee (IEPC). For your son, this committee would consist of a school psychologist, his teacher, a school administrator and you. It may also include a speech and language therapist and a social worker. The psychologist gives a battery of tests to determine his reading level and learning style. The committee then meets and considers all of this information, including reports from his teacher, and decides the best ways to teach him. The committee may recommend Chapter I or other in-school help, retention in first grade, or special education. Since a child's parents are part of this committee, they must also agree to any special services.
I suggest that you let the school evaluate your son in the fall so that you and the teachers can learn the best way to help him. You may also want to have a pediatrician and an eye doctor check him this summer.
At this point, the best thing you can do is to read to him a lot. Find books that he likes and just read to him. Don't push him to read them for himself. Talk about the stories and encourage his ideas about the books.
Good luck!!
I agree with what MS Sue stated. It is very difficult to separate capability from motivation at his age. If you sense it is motivation, I suggest a behavioural modification program for him (yes, it includes you too) to get him motivated to read. Typically these involve positive reinforcements for reading habits...very similar to what you alread did toilet training. Yes, it works...if the problem is motivation. There are folks who can help you with this, child psychologists, you might pay a first free visit with one to discuss. Ask one about it.
- Reading - CIERRA, Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 7:37pm
YOUR RIGHT BUT NOT TO MUCH READING IF HE READS TO MUCH HE MIGHT NOT HAVE TIME FOR YOU ANY MORE
- Reading - Rebel, Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 6:19pm
hi i think i can solve your problem i am but 13 but when i was about 6 or 7 i was having trouble too, so when i went to my baby sitter's house i was sounding out words and about after a week i had taught myself to read, but thats only step #1 after that my mom anted me to get interested in reading so i would do better in school so she started reading a book i liked with simple words in it so one day she told that she was going to make me read it even though that didn't work out she got me a video game with a lot of text in it that i really liked and it just took off from there up to this day i have read at least 50 books
p.s. make sure if you go with books that it's a kind of genre he is into so that he enjoys it. i hope i helped
- Reading - diane, Monday, November 5, 2007 at 11:26pm
what is A.R READING
- Reading - Anonymous, Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 4:25pm
ra ra r a ra r a ra r ar a ra r
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