Did a physician or healthcare professional diagnose your child as dyslexic? You may be able to claim the special schooling as a medical expense.
From IRS Pub. 502:
Special Education
You can include in medical expenses fees you pay on a
doctor's recommendation for a child's tutoring by a
teacher who is specially trained and qualified to work with
children who have learning disabilities caused by mental
or physical impairments, including nervous system disor-
ders.
You can include in medical expenses the cost (tuition,
meals, and lodging) of attending a school that furnishes
special education to help a child to overcome learning dis-
abilities. A doctor must recommend that the child attend
the school. Overcoming the learning disabilities must be a
principal reason for attending the school, and any ordinary
education received must be incidental to the special edu-
cation provided. Special education includes:
Teaching Braille to a visually impaired person,
Teaching lip reading to a hearing disabled person, or
Giving remedial language training to correct a condition caused by a birth defect.
You can't include in medical expenses the cost of sending a child with behavioral problems to a school where the
course of study and the disciplinary methods have a ben-
eficial effect on the child's attitude if the availability of
medical care in the school isn't a principal reason for
sending the student there.
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