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[quote=Anonymous]Mine has a different LD in written expression rather than dyslexia but I hope our experience is reassuring for you. He struggled with spelling, grammar, organizing his writing and handwriting. He had low processing speed but was very bright and a whiz with math. He was very behind at the start of 3rd grade when diagnosed and was shutting down in class.  With the help of an advocate and neuropsychologist (who agreed to attend the meeting), we put a good IEP in place. We had really kind and caring teachers. Because he didn’t have dyslexia, he wasn’t provided with OG or a specific program so we did what we could on our own. We did speech, OT (realize this is probably irrelevant in your case) and an intensive summer writing program. I worked with him a lot at home. We saw progress. His LD was considered resolved at the end of ES but some weaknesses remained. He went to a mainstream private school for middle school where our sole goal was for him to gain confidence and reduce anxiety around academics. Miraculously, he had teachers who just really got him and addressed his weaknesses through more personalized instruction (not something they promised but something we were lucky happened). We never expected such a positive outcome. He did great in HS and now he is at UMD and doing great (with accommodations). [/quote]

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