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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does he have an IEP?  The school won't like it, but you can insist in the IEP what areas of reading instruction he receives at school.  If your private tutor has experience in the public school system they should be able to give you pointers on things you want specifically included / excluded from his instruction.

I really feel for your DS.  In K and 1st, mine figured he was "stupid" because he couldn't read and it took a lot of effort to undo the damage.  He's in 4th now and has spent a year with a private tutor who has been life changing for him, rebuilding his confidence.

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Me again.  Read the book "The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan" by Ben Foss if you haven't already.  There are so many really successful people with dyslexia.  A lot of them had a really rough time in their early education but the thing that stands out is the difference their parents' faith in them made.  In building up your DC's confidence, maybe talk about famous people like Disney who had dyslexia.

"Proust and the Squid" is also a really cool read, though a bit dated now in that it doesn't benefit from the most current research.  You will walk away from it marveling at how unique and awesome your DC's brain is.  Dyslexia isn't bad, just different.  It's our educational system that makes it so very, very hard for anybody whose brain is wired differently.

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