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[quote=Anonymous]IP, it sounds like your son is dyslexic, is that correct? Regardless of official diagnosis if he is behind at the end of K and teachers are saying he should qualify for further intervention you should be taking action.

In addition to what pp said about all of school building on reading (which is critical to understand - when your child falls behind in reading they will probably also fall behind in math, science, etc), I’d add that at your child’s age intervention now can act as prevention, which is so much easier and more effective. You want to prevent reading failure, not remediate it once it happens. ASDEC has CALT trained in a program called Kickstart that would be appropriate for a young child.

My son hated his therapy and tutoring, too. Here’s the thing - he also hated not reading well, and feeling “stupid”. Pick your hard, OP. There is no easy path without frustration. And no, it doesn’t get easier to get kids to therapies and tutoring as they get older - it gets harder. They get more sensitive to what their peers do and think, and they realize they can refuse to participate. So as painful as it is (and I’ve been there, I know!) now is the time. I’m sorry.[/quote]

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