It just seems really unfair - and I'm the one who has to spend extra time each day helping these dyslexic kids complete their work. It makes me really angry. I seem to spend my evenings making materials and equipment that the school should have purchased if they placed any real value on resource teaching. Yes, there is something wrong with the school system. I used to work for Howard County Public Schools in Maryland.
Teachers are in trouble if they cost the school system money.
There are limits to a school's budget. I work as a Resource Specialist, and I really feel I need more guidance on individual children's particular difficulties. I've worked with dyslexic children for years now, and, whilst you obviously need a proper assessment for each child, I'm beginning to get a feel for the signs of dyslexia. They have a lot of confusions with left and right. If you say to them 'Point to my left foot with your right hand', they find it very hard.