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I understand that your daughter is in a private school but the local public school still is responsible for testing your child, if indicated, for learning disabilities. Under IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) children between the ages of 3 and 21 are entitled to services. Check with your local public school district for their process on testing (by law they have 10 days to respond to you if you submit your concerns in writing) and for further information check google for links to your state site for implementation of IDEA.
I work in a public school in CA and as a Speech Pathologist address this issue every day. You might also want to check the private school standards and expectations against the state standards reading 'chapter' books in 1st grade may be expecting too much for the level of maturity of some students. I was in observing a 1st grade class this am (this school is a math/science magnet school and has very high standards and state scores) and the students were working on writing simple 4 sentence paragraphs. Chapter books require a great deal of concentration and sustained attention. Don't jump on the dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, auditory processing deficit, visual processing deficit bandwagon too early or you run the risk of labels becoming more important than learning. The first step is determining where your child is functioning academically vs where she is expected to be developmentally then you can make wise choices.
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