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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she's at or near grade level, it's probably not dyslexia.  You should really get her tested if you are concerned -- there's so many things that could be going on.[/quote]

I agree OP should have her daughter tested. It's actually not true that kids who are at grade level probably aren't dyslexic - a kid's other strengths and smarts can often mask the weaknesses, and so their dyslexia doesn't show up until later (like in 3rd grade). Its true that a profoundly dyslexic kid is unlikely to be able to compensate and stay on grade level that long, but its totally possible for mild or moderate dyslexia to stay hidden by other strengths. My son is a master at listening to other kids describe plot points in a book first in a group discussion, then make some insightful comment that ties it all together and his teacher things he actually, you know, understood the book. Or he'll be able to understand enough of a sentence or page to guess at the rest, using context to make extrapolations. Cool, useful skills...but he's pretty darn dyslexic still.[/quote]

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