up date on project.

i will be giving the franklin talking dictionary and the ell paper/cd-rom dictionary to the fifth grade teacher today.  i talked with my dyslexic student's mom yesterday- i just happened to catch her in the hallway.  she said her whole family has always had problems learning to read.  she wants her child in a special services school where her son is.  her son went from (in the way she described it) 'reading 2 letter words to reading 5 to 6 letter words'.  she said our school district doesn't want to do this since it is more expensive to bus the child all the way down there and pay tuition.  but her daughter needs it.  i'm not trained in the wilson method or other proven methods to help dyslexics.  i'm learning on the fly and her child deserves better.  i already talked to the aide in the room about this and will talk to the classroom teacher today  (i don't think that teacher or the reading coach have special training to help dyslexics).  i would like to add that it is my understanding that this blog is protected by the first amendment.  i am not talking here in my official capacity as a teacher.  all people in this blog are anonymous.