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[quote=Anonymous]My ADHD 3rd grader was just diagnosed with dyslexia.  She has always gotten 3s and 4s on her report cards (grade level or above grade level) in her dcps school and her standardized tests show that she’s on grade level, but I’ve felt for a while that reading isn’t clicking for her.  Her processing speed is somewhat low (40%), but her neuropsych shows her as 70th to 88th percentile in most non-reading related areas.  Here are my questions as a dyslexia newbie.

1.  Is a private focused on dyslexia a good idea for next year?  Assume cost isn’t an issue, but we love our bilingual DCPS and really appreciate going to a neighborhood school, so we haven’t chosen private even though we can afford it.  That said, we want to do what’s best for our kid.

2. If you think a school for dyslexia is a good idea, what are the options within 30 minutes of NW DC?  Are these schools good for kids who are strong in math, but not reading?

3. If we stay in public school, is it ok to continue with bilingual education?  My kid likes learning in Spanish. She struggles to read in both languages a bit.  As I mentioned, her teachers didn’t notice and the testing didn’t pick it up, which I assume means it’s relatively mild…but I wonder if things will get harder/ more apparent in 4th grade next year.

Thanks![/quote]

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