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[quote=Anonymous]My DD has pretty bad ADHD and some other language issues which we are working on getting diagnosed.  She decodes well and reads fluently but tests at least two grades behind in comprehension.  I'm not sure how much of the problem is ADHD and how much is something else.  We've been using various tutors for years and I always hoped I would find "the program" for reading comprehension, but I think it doesn't exist. For that reason, I think the public schools struggle to figure out what to do when the  main issue is reading comprehension.

I talked recently to a director of a SN school.  She basically explained to me that they've tried lots of programs and there is no one that really is the answer for reading comprehension.  You have to go at it from various directions.  Stopping after each paragraph, going over key details and main idea, then discussing again at the end, teaching each reading comprehension skill individually and specifically (not assuming they will just get it through practice), building vocabulary, etc etc. using visualization techniques.

This is the first year I've slowed down and started doing paragraph by paragraph and vocab work and reintroducing Verbalizing and Visualizing, although DD hates V&V.  I should have done it before, but it is a drag and I avoided it, which was a  mistake.  I think we're just starting to hopefully see some improvement, although it's unclear how it will transfer to test performance in the near term.[/quote]

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