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[quote=Anonymous]Actually this does sound quite concerning, OP, given that she's been trying to read for years and the clear symptoms of dyslexia she's exhibiting.

PLEASE get her an evaluation as soon as you can, and please figure out a way to pay for the (sadly expensive) Orton-Gillingham tutors. You can observe their lessons with your child, and try to replicate them at home. She will need intensive dyslexia-specific remediation every single day (so maybe twice a week with a tutor, the rest of the time with you), if you want her to catch up in time for 3rd grade. Third grade is when kids read to learn, instead of learn to read. After that, she will accumulate serious delays in all subjects, and will end up hating school. It happened to my son's best friend.

My son had an IEP at school for a global developmental delay, along with private speech, occupational therapy and physical therapy. He does not have dyslexia like his best friend, but I saw the immense benefits of early intervention. We went all out, and he caught up as much as he could in elementary. Schools are terrible at remediating dyslexia, so please do not rely on any reading specialist at school.[/quote]

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