ADHD Reading Help

[Anonymous]

DD has ADHD, is medicated and receives intervention from her school. Her reading though is all over the place. One quarter she will be reading at level, the next she will fall below, and seems to read just fine at home. Is there a program within FCPS schools that helps with something like this? Or is it better to go to a private tutor like Sylvan or Kumon? Is there a summer reading program anywhere for kids with challenges? I've tried Google already and come up with nothing. We are in Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

That much variance at school makes me suspect that it's the testing that's off not your kid.

Do NOT waste your money on places like Kumon or Sylvan. They're purely based on rote memory, not evidenced based, and won't help your kid.

I'm not as familiar with tutors in VA, but I would contact the Lab School or ASDEC for recommendations:
http://asdec.org

[Anonymous]

they have summer school esy but its a joke. if she LD/ADHD. its not worth going. My son went for 2 weeks he didn't do anything at all.

[Anonymous]

You might find this article helpful, OP:
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/5-ways-executive-functioning-issues-can-impact-reading

[Anonymous]

Did your daughter get a full neuropsych eval for the ADHD, OP? It doesn't necessarily sound like this is the case, but ADHD and dyslexia go hand in hand (large percentage of folks have both) and sometimes it can be hard to see what is causing the trouble in reading, whether it is attention or reading deficits. My kid only has dyslexia, and reading assessments can be all over the map now, depending on what they are looking at and with what emphasis - fluency in reading out loud is multiple grade levels behind, but comprehension when reading to self is many grade levels above. So we get different feedback on his reading from different people based on what element of his reading they see.