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Dyslexia or just need to keep working hard at writing/spelling?
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I know I can hop on the internet or get books from the library about dyslexia, but I just wanted to hear from an actual person:) if anyone has had the same issues, and if CM methods are best, or if there is something better I need to implement for my daughter for writing/spelling for this next year.
My daughter is 8.5yrs old, will be in 3rd grade, is left-handed and has always struggled with handwriting/spelling. Her writing has gotten much better with Handwriting With Tears workbooks, she does well in those. It is poor if you ask her to just write something without copying. Her writing is good in copywork, but she always mixes b and d, and p and q, v/w/y. She also has problems with consfusing the sounds of v/w/y sometimes. Last year we were part of a co-op which she loved, but she also was very embarrassed and frustrated because of mixing up the letters, and the fact that no one in her class (or her younger siblings) seems to. We have tried making the b and d with her hands repeatedly, I’ve printed cute little pictures of the letters and she has them in her binder, she says looking at them doesn’t help.
She loves to read, and reads pretty well although I haven’t listed for a while and realized I need to start again after she told me she just skips most words with b and d!
So when I skimmed dyslexia information on the internet, she didn’t seem to quite fit the signs, or maybe she is just mild, because she can read hard words for the most part, and I don’t hear a lot of flipping the whole word. She also wrote a book (which I typed as she dictated) so I know she can organize thoughts reasonably well too.
Any thoughts/tips on general schooling for her, CM methods or better options if needed would be appreciated, thanks!
I’m wondering if my daughter has dyslexia, too. And she’s the same age as your daughter.
Through this forum, I found out about Susan Barton and Bright Solutions. I emailed Susan Barton and she sent a list of testers close to me (2 hours away!!!). I’m going to have my daughter tested. And I plan to use Susan Barton’s program with her.
My daughter does seem to have a lot of the dyslexia symptoms and a lot of the ADD symptoms (I’ve always jokingly said she had ADD to my husband).
For right now, I’m still reading to her and helping her read and I’m using Reading Reflex games to help out.
I’m not an expert on dyslexia, but I have one son who does have it. I would say that if flipping the b and d is the only problem she has, I wouldn’t worry too much. I have a 9 yo who still does that, but that is a long, long ways from the difficulties that my truly dyslexic son had. It’s probably a good thing to keep an eye on, but my feeling is that it’s something she will outgrow. It seemsl like kids often make a big leap in academics around the age of 10.
I have 2 dyslexics with different presentations.
One was reading, but with poor spelling, poor handwriting with the letter reversals of b/d. This child made slow and steady progress through 4th grade and stalled out. The other was stuck at cvc words so her struggles were much more obvious and much more “classic” dyslexia.
Both tested as moderate dyslexics.
With correct identification, I can make adjustments to best suit their needs. Prior to testing, I really was just speculating about what worked and didn’t work.
My thoughts are that once a child expresses frustration or embarrassment with their ability, get academic testing to find out where the glitch is. There are a lot of different reasons why kids might struggle so if dyslexia doesn’t quite seem to fit, there may be something totally else going on. The auditory confusion with v/w/y might be a clue to what’s going on with your dd.
The “I’m stupid” internal dialogue is a difficult one to break so stepping in before it starts is important.
hth
We just had my 11yo ds assessed for dyslexia. I used the quick word recognition test from diannecraft.org to determine that as we were approaching the end of the year, he had not improved in his reading from where we began the year. In addition to that, I learned about what dyslexia is from the Bright Solutions website mentioned above (dys-add.com). He seemed to fit some things but not other things, so I decided we should just have the assessment to get a more clear picture of what’s going on. The draft report we received did state he has dyslexia. But we will get more detail at his 504 meeting today. But even if he didn’t have dyslexia, I felt they would be able to give me some direction, be it further testing or other recommendations. We definitely needed to do something differently than what we had been doing.
During my research I ran accross this site that offers testing. There is a free screening to help you determine if you should do further testing: http://www.lexercise.com/ .
HTH,
Melissa
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