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I want him tested for a reading disability. What should I do? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Parent Engagement, Struggling Readers Expert Q&A My child was tested in kindergarten for dyslexia but they didn’t find anything. What should I do now that he is in 3rd grade and still struggling with reading and writing? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Dyslexia, Struggling Readers Expert: Reading Rockets Expert Q&A Could MRIs be used to diagnose individuals with dyslexia? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Reading and the Brain, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities Expert Q&A How can I find a professional who can diagnose a student’s learning disability? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Learning Disabilities Expert Q&A How can parents and caregivers help prepare children for a kindergarten readiness assessment? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Early Literacy Development, Preschool and Child Care Expert: Lynn S. Fuchs Expert Q&A How do I know when my child no longer needs an IEP? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Special Education Expert Q&A How do I set up an IEP for my child with ADHD? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Special Education Expert Q&A Is it important to have a separate grade for effort on a report card? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Motivation, Social-Emotional Learning Expert: Daniel Willingham Expert Q&A My son is far behind in school both academically and developmentally. Should he stay back a grade? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation Expert Q&A I think my child may have a learning disability but I’m not sure how to describe to the school exactly what I want assessed.What should I do? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Parent Engagement Expert: Reading Rockets Expert Q&A What assessments are the best for progress monitoring and benchmark assessment? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Intervention and Prevention, RTI and MTSS Expert: Lynn S. Fuchs Expert Q&A What can we all do to make sure that students with dyslexia get the accommodations they need to demonstrate what they know and to continue their learning? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Assistive Technology, Dyslexia, Intervention and Prevention, Learning Disabilities Expert Q&A What is an AT evaluation, how do you get one, and what should parents know? Should it be part of an IEP? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Assistive Technology Expert: Christopher Lee Expert Q&A What is MTSS and what are the essential components that must be present for it to be implemented with fidelity? 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Expert Q&A My child’s school says that my child is very bright, but they want to hold him back because of his poor reading skills. I want him tested for a reading disability. What should I do? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Parent Engagement, Struggling Readers
Expert Q&A My child was tested in kindergarten for dyslexia but they didn’t find anything. What should I do now that he is in 3rd grade and still struggling with reading and writing? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Dyslexia, Struggling Readers Expert: Reading Rockets
Expert Q&A Could MRIs be used to diagnose individuals with dyslexia? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Reading and the Brain, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities
Expert Q&A How can I find a professional who can diagnose a student’s learning disability? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Learning Disabilities
Expert Q&A How can parents and caregivers help prepare children for a kindergarten readiness assessment? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Early Literacy Development, Preschool and Child Care Expert: Lynn S. Fuchs
Expert Q&A How do I know when my child no longer needs an IEP? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Special Education
Expert Q&A How do I set up an IEP for my child with ADHD? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Special Education
Expert Q&A Is it important to have a separate grade for effort on a report card? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Motivation, Social-Emotional Learning Expert: Daniel Willingham
Expert Q&A My son is far behind in school both academically and developmentally. Should he stay back a grade? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation
Expert Q&A I think my child may have a learning disability but I’m not sure how to describe to the school exactly what I want assessed.What should I do? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Parent Engagement Expert: Reading Rockets
Expert Q&A What assessments are the best for progress monitoring and benchmark assessment? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Intervention and Prevention, RTI and MTSS Expert: Lynn S. Fuchs
Expert Q&A What can we all do to make sure that students with dyslexia get the accommodations they need to demonstrate what they know and to continue their learning? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Assistive Technology, Dyslexia, Intervention and Prevention, Learning Disabilities
Expert Q&A What is an AT evaluation, how do you get one, and what should parents know? Should it be part of an IEP? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Assistive Technology Expert: Christopher Lee
Expert Q&A What is MTSS and what are the essential components that must be present for it to be implemented with fidelity? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Intervention and Prevention, RTI and MTSS Expert: Center on Multi-Tiered System of Supports
Expert Q&A What resources are available for assessing student use of technology? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Motivation, Ed Tech and Digital Media Expert: Tracy Gray
Expert Q&A What role can a school psychologist have within an RTI framework? Related Topics: Assessment and Evaluation, Intervention and Prevention, RTI and MTSS, School-Wide Efforts Expert: Center on Multi-Tiered System of Supports
Expert Q&A What texts do you recommend for our 11-year-old-daughter who struggles with reading? Related Topics: Advocacy, Assessment and Evaluation, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities
Expert Q&A What is the difference between a person with LD and a slow learner? Related Topics: About Reading, Assessment and Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Phonological and Phonemic Awareness, Struggling Readers
