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Diagnostic Gap Kit

Formal reading testing runs $3,000 to $5,000. Public schools have to give one for free. Nobody tells families the how.

Three things a parent can do tomorrow morning, before the money conversation. Built with reading therapists in mind, put in your hands.

1

Take the free reading check

A short screener that puts your child at their exact reading step. Letter sounds, blending, real and made-up words, plus a listening check-in. Prints a plain-language summary a school team can act on.

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Send the request in writing

Under IDEA’s Child Find clause, U.S. public schools must evaluate any child suspected of a disability at no cost, once you ask in writing. Fill in the fields below and this kit prints the letter for you, ready to sign, hand-deliver, or email.

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3

Use the program while you wait

The formal eval can take 60 school days. Meanwhile, real nightly practice moves your child forward, and the weekly reports become evidence the team can read. Full access, no card, no expiry.

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Your Child Find request letter

Answer a few questions. This letter is printed from public-domain IDEA language, and nothing you type here leaves this device.

What to expect after you send this letter

The school has to respond in writing. In most states, they must complete the evaluation within 60 school days of your signed consent (some states are faster). If they say no to evaluating, they have to give you a written notice of that decision and your legal options — including a state complaint or due-process hearing.

You are not asking a favor. You are exercising a right protected by federal law since 1975. This letter is written in the language a school district legal team will recognize.

Bring the summary from step 1 when you hand-deliver, or attach it to the email. It gives the team concrete skill data, not just parent concern.

What this kit is, and what it is not

It is: a research-informed reading screener, a ready-to-sign request letter for the free school evaluation the law already guarantees, and real nightly practice while that process runs.

It is not: testing, a diagnosis, or an evaluation. Only a qualified professional evaluation can diagnose a reading disability, and nothing here substitutes for one.

And if a reader plateaus: the program watches progress on objective criteria. If growth goes flat across eight weekly checks, it says so on screen, plainly, and points you back to this kit and to a professional evaluation. It will never quietly let a stuck reader stay stuck, and it will never sell you something in that moment.

If a specialist recommended this kit, thank them for the referral.