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[quote=Anonymous]My kid is mildly dyslexic. As compared to his older siblings who are not dyslexic, he:
- Took 2 years to learn his letters
- Couldn’t get b and d straight for another couple of years after. (I would place a ball on one side of the table and a photo of Dad on the other side of the table to show which way they pointed. This helped him FINALLY get it)
- Skips words, replaces words, reads very choppily 
- Has trouble with sound deletions/substitutions. (Say “sent”. Now say “sent” but don’t say /n/. Kid should be able to respond “set”. My kid took a ton of practice to be able to do this kind of exercise.)
- His writing was not as good as his non-dyslexic siblings. He frequently seemed as if he was “drawing” his letters rather than forming them normally. Spelling was/is atrocious.

We tried an Orton-Gillingham program and it didn’t help him. What is finally helping is DAILY practice using the materials by Abecedarian/Dr. Michael Bend. The approach is called Phono-Graphix. (Reading Reflex is also Phono-Graphix but seemed more complicated for me to implement.). We also do a second session each day of him reading aloud to me from a reader (like Frog and Toad type thing).

I was so happy a few weeks ago when we were at the DD drive thru and he said, “Mom! Free coffee!” My little guy could read a sign!

Also - have you had his vision checked recently? [/quote]

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