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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister (a SpEd teacher in Fairfax County) just called to tell me that she just listened to the presentation on the new fairfax county recognition of dyslexia (e.g. the willingness to use that specific word on an IEP) and to include "phonological processing problems" in addition to the traditional auditory etc issues.

As a parent of a dyslexic child, albeit in Arlington, I'm thrilled that counties are at least recognizing that dyslexia is not the same as a "regular" reading delay.

Also, FWIW, I hope 1/16 11:34 is not right and that FCPS can do more than only refer you to outside sources.  Arlington has done a good bit in terms of SpEd help (not working with the reading specialist, but using a program called SpellRead designed for dyslexic kids with decoding problems and problems understanding different phonemes in mind) for my son, to the point that he is finally reading now.  Slowly, but reading.  I'm hoping that FFX has the same for their dyslexic children and maybe teh PP simply ran into someone misinformed or unhelpful.[/quote]

Currently FCPS doesn't do anything regarding dyslexia for my DC. They simply offer Spec Ed services and hope that DC "gets it" eventually. Do you know of any programs designed for home use for the elementary age dyslexic child? I looked up SpellRead but it's designed for classrooms and costs thousands of dollars.

If you know of any programs or clinics that might help please share. My DC is very bright but two grade levels behind in reading and writing. Currently DC answers math, science, and history questions verbally and typically gets 100% correct, even above grade level in those areas. We've struggled to find the right outside support. [/quote]

I have heard the the Barton Method is a good home reading program/ method for dyslexia, it is an Orton-Gillingham type of method and it has been marketed for both teachers and parents.  I do not know the cost.  My DS is currently in 8th grade, but when he was in elementary school, they did the Wilson Program with him from 2nd grade to 6th.  In the last three years it was daily, one on one for 30 minutues.  We supplemented that with out of school (but actually with a FCPS reading specialist) 2-3 times a week for 60 minutes each during that time too.  He currently is in a reading class, 8th grade, and is using Rewards with some Read Naturally.  He has decoding, phomene and word retrieval issues as well as fluency, but scores very well on comprehension.  Read Naturally did not work in the early years because they listen to reading segment, then read it over and over to try to increase fluency.  However, he would memorize it the first time he heard it and would merely recite rather than actually read the text.  Now that he is a more advanced reader, the text is much longer and harder to memorize, so it helps as long as he doesn't read it three or more times. He attends FCPS.[/quote]

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