homeschool resources for middle schooler with dyslexia & memory problems

[rvm]

May I ask why your daughter is in a charter school with limited resources? A lot of charter schools are not equipped with decent, special education programs. I don't know what kind of schools are available to you in your area, but in San Antonio, parents often make sure they move to an area covered by a public school with a good, special education program. At the high school I attended, I used to tutor special needs students, and we were pretty good at advancing students at their own pace.

Sanantone, my apologies. I should have been more specific. When I said limited resources, I actually meant, they only have one math teacher in the Exceptional Children's division in middle school. They've actually allowed 2 other teachers to tutor my child along with a few high school students. The problems are she is so severely dyslexic, cannot retain short term information (once it's committed to long term memory, she's good) and she has severe school anxiety as well as test anxiety, few people in her lifetime have been successful at teaching her.

The school itself is one of the best-known charter schools in NC for kids with IEPs. Approximately 20-25% of the student body has an IEP. Unfortunately, they've only had one other child with dyslexia & memory problems as severe as my child's situation.

We've tried several schools for kids with LDs, public schools and probably a dozen tutors. Only 2 tutors have made significant progress. She's been through the Lindamood-Bell, Orton-Gillingham & Wilson programs. Wilson was successful as was a very out-of-the-box visual therapist who had constructed her own techniques to help her brother who suffered with severe dyslexia. We stopped going to her after 2 years because she was getting huffy with my daughter because my kiddo could not remember what they worked on 3 or 4 days prior. I explained about the memory problems many times but that didn't seem to change things. My child got to point where she refused to go there and cried when I made her go.

I've got a smart kid - in her own way - who is so underserved by the American Educational system and common core junk that if I don't find a solution soon, when she turns 16 in 2 years, it's probably not going to be a pretty picture as I fear she will drop out of school completely.