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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IIRC, you are supposed to complete certain level(s) of All About Reading before moving to All about Spelling, so you could still start with AAR. I don't know that I'd focus a lot on writing without getting reading and spelling down more solidly, unless for some reason the CP diagnosis is expected to cause permanent reading issues.

Reading and spelling are supposed to become automatic, which would then reduce the cognitive load with writing. It sounds like now that the spelling may be inhibiting how many ideas he can get on paper and how fast? This would be, for instance, if he can verbally respond with a lot more detail and substance than shows up when he answers a question on paper.

Does he have working memory issues? And I assume he's been tested for dyslexia?[/quote]

Thanks. He doesn't have working memory issues or dyslexia per his neuropsych (but I am skeptical about the results and curious what we will learn when he is 8 and has his next one) but there is definitely some type of cognitive issue(s) going on. His biggest measurable impairments are speech and language related (speech articulation; mixing up easy words like animal names, today/tomorrow/yesterday, breakfast/dinner, naptime/bedtime; and forgetting what he was planning to say). He doesn't qualify for OT anymore in his IEP and we are taking a break from private OT these days.

As far as reading -he went to a Montessori preschool and that approach is all about learning to write before learning to read, so I guess that's where I first picked up that idea. But I am not an educator and not wedded to any approach - just looking for something to work on a few minutes a day with DS to improve his overall ELA skills. I will try the fundations practice referenced above, but if we need more systematic practice and he starts falling behind, it sounds like AAR is the way to go. [/quote]

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