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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

This is 10:42.  A big clue with DS was he would substitute words that were spelled completely different but were appropriate in the context of the sentence.  Think 'Earth' instead of 'planet' or 'dog' instead of 'puppy'.  He's gotten so used to guessing and looking to an adult for confirmation that his tutor has to keep directing him towards looking at the sentence instead of at her.

To answer PPs question ... we found the tutor through a DDVA meeting.  She is not a homework tutor but works with him on reading, writing, and spelling.  She's did a lot of initial work on getting his letter formation to a point where he's very legible.  They're working on that still a little bit every session, but now they're mostly working on vowel teams and silent letters.  DS is in a self-contained classroom for 70% of the day, including language arts, and the teacher is very accommodating in regards to homework.  We have spelling words come home every week for review and one other worksheet, so it's really manageable right now.  
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But why no testing?  The best way to find out what is going on is to get him tested.  [/quote]

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