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[quote=Anonymous]I keep going back and forth on doing testing for my 7yo DS.  He has a older sibling that we've gone through all of this with, but 7yo DS is a bit different and I'm on the fence.  He had/has a lot of early indicators of dyslexia and a strong family history of dyslexia but he's "on grade level" right now in 1st grade.  Teacher says he's not receiving any extra instruction and we had a private screening done that shows he's on the lower end of the range of normal.  He has a history of very sensory seeking behavior and behavior problems in K but now in 1st the teacher has no complaints other than he occasionally needs to be prompted to stay on task or complete an assignment, which is in the range of normal.  The only thing the teacher has brought up is his handwriting ... which is rather horrible.  But again, they don't actually teach handwriting at school.  At home he still has the same sensory seeking behavior which translates into pestering his siblings a lot and then there's the defiance with anything that he doesn't want to do.

On the side of doing testing, I know it's not unusual for a child to be at the low end of "on grade level" in 1st to then start having problems in 2nd and especially 3rd.  But I also know that if he's on grade level for reading, even if it turns out he does have dyslexia, it's unlikely the school will do anything beneficial for him.

When we were in the process of screening, I made an appointment at Mindwell for February.  I can go ahead and keep it but that's a huge chunk of change for us.  But I can cancel that and book him for testing next fall at Children's National.  Or I can cancel and just see what develops next year.  I'm really on the fence.

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