Late reader possibly or not

[Anonymous]

Originally I thought that my child may have dyslexia because she is not reading any words at K. I just test her out of blue yesterday and I find out that she can read something out of homework worksheets coming from school. She can read "funny dog", " Sun was hot", dad runs" something like that. She is trying to use phonics to sound out words, and she succeeds sometimes. What is the chance that she does not have dyslexia? Can dyslexia kid ultimately learn how to read without paying private tutoring? I am wondering if she is just a late reader or a late learner of dyslexia. I have talked to developmental pediatrician, and they say that I could get her tested on achievement test (not covered by insurance, not cheap, how much?) if I still have learning concern at the end of 1st grade. She is still at K now. They tell me do not use children hospital for achievement test because it is not their specialty.

[Anonymous]

That doesn’t sound like dyslexia, just a moderately late reader.

[Anonymous]

Long ago in the stone ages kids started learning to read in 1st grade. After learning the alphabet.

I could read before K but I am a genius and my patents sat me on their laps and read picture books to me. I followed along and just read.

Does your child have other SN? Do they confuse letters like d and b? What made you think they are dyslexic?

[Anonymous]

No one can diagnose your child on the internet, OP. But Kindergarten is WAY TOO EARLY.

What does her teacher think about her reading progress?

[Anonymous]

She sounds fine for K. They are not expected to read words at the beginning of the year.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like she is precisely on grade level.

What is your concern?

[Anonymous]

You can ask for an eval through the school- request in writing.

[Anonymous]

Op here. Her teacher is concerned about her reading levels because she failed dibels and reading assessment test. Her IEP team worries as well. She has IEP. She has ADHD inattentive and speech delay, we have been following up with her development for the last few years. They have tested her IQ, 100, average. Receptive is like 89, expressive is like 75, and they say 100 is average with 15 plus or plus deviation. I don't even know what all these mean to us or what diagnosis could be added, but we know that we have been getting her tested and evaluated every year.

[Anonymous]

* plus or minus deviation

[Anonymous]

If she has an IEP already, she should have reading goals. You can ask the school to do updated achievements testing. You can have her tested privately, and a university that has graduate students who are giving achievement tests is an affordable option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Her teacher is concerned about her reading levels because she failed dibels and reading assessment test. Her IEP team worries as well. She has IEP. She has ADHD inattentive and speech delay, we have been following up with her development for the last few years. They have tested her IQ, 100, average. Receptive is like 89, expressive is like 75, and they say 100 is average with 15 plus or plus deviation. I don't even know what all these mean to us or what diagnosis could be added, but we know that we have been getting her tested and evaluated every year.

It sounds like in light of these things, she is doing well. Her reading is not below grade level. You are right to keep following the issues but to me this is not a reading delay. Especially if she is young for her class.

[Anonymous]

Is she young? My 5 yo has delays (speech and motor and cognitive delay/ low-normal IQ) and he just scored 95 on the age-normed achievements testing. He is failing iready, getting 1s on his report cards, but the neuropsych did not find dyslexia, at least at this time. She said part of the reason he is doing so poorly is that he is a summer bday (so even kids with similar age-normed scores will be more advanced) and in a high achieving district, where most of the kids will be to the right side of the bell curve.

If your dc is able to read even non-CVC, non-sight words, it sounds like she is not exhibiting a reading delay. Maybe try to read some Bob books together to see if she has the letter sounds and basic phonics down.

It might be worthwhile to request a neuropsych eva given the profile you describe. If you want to go through your insurance, you can expect a 6+ month wait list, so you may as well get that ball rolling now. They will include achievements testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She sounds fine for K. They are not expected to read words at the beginning of the year.

It is April, so it’s the end of the year.

[Anonymous]

The way to learn to read is to write. There is a book called "Write to Read" by Fremantle Education on Amazon - it has a kangaroo on the front cover. In Australia and the UK, they teach reading through writing and it is much more effective at younger ages for teaching phonics than just sounding the words out. That is the book I used to teach my youngest kid to read when I thought they were struggling and they picked it up really quickly.

[Anonymous]

Looking back, the biggest red flags for me at that age with my dyselxic DC was an inability to fundamentally understand rhyming words. Multiple lessons, attempts on teaching rhyming and it just didnt click.