We also arm our families with a list of tutors. Often, the school doesn't have anyone who is trained to implement appropriate goals and objectives. This way, the child can begin to receive appropriate services immediately. If a method needs to be recommended, I have the outside expert recommend it, not the parent. We have no private remedial day schools in our community and the nearest residential school is seven hours away.
Parents are often reluctant to send their children so far away from home.
You bring up two very important issues - private tutoring and extended school year services . Good tutoring insures that the child will receive the remediation he or she needs. It is much less disruptive and much less expensive than sending the child away, especially for younger children. The tutoring has to be intense and of good quality. Too often tutors working with a child with dyslexia are not well trained and a lot of quality time is wasted.