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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter is 7 years old and in 1st grade. According to the teacher, my daughter is having trouble with encoding (in reading and writing). What this means is that she can write a word if someone else sounds it out. But if she’s sounding it out in her own head, she is having a lot of trouble and isn’t hearing all the sounds/letters.

For example, take the word “animal”. When I sound it out, my daughter writes “animl” but when she sounds it out in her own head, she writes “onomos”

My daughter is currently in speech therapy and has made significant progress but the encoding has not improved. I’m wondering if this is a learning difference? Her teacher and speech pathologist are not sure if it’s purely speech related. I’m not sure where to start to get a diagnosis. I would like to get her the help and support she needs. What should my next steps be? I have a call into her pediatrician but I decided to post here to see if anyone could provide some insight and guidance. Thank you.[/quote]

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