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[quote=Anonymous]Our kid realized in first grade that he was different than other kids in terms of reading and writing - and he began to internalize it and feel bad about himself. Even at that age he, on his own, explicitly said to me that he knew he was as smart as other kids so why couldn’t he write like other kids? (Reading disorder NOS and dysgraphic).

We chose to put him in a school for kids with dyslexia because it was obvious by 3 rd grade that he did not have the skills to read unfamiliar multi-syllabic words and it was deeply affecting his education. Even in 1st grade, his specific deficits in rapid-naming were misinterpreted by teachers as “not smart enough” for the advanced math class. And he was exhibiting avoidance behaviors when confronted with tasks he didn’t like - asking to go to the bathroom during writing tasks.

At first he didn’t want to go to a new school but he quickly blossomed both socially and academically. We maintained old neighborhood friendships and made new friends in the new school.

He learned to read in a way that he never would have if he’d remained in his public MCPS. Frankly, MCPS does not know how to provide dyslexia appropriate reading instruction, and they barely know how to teach reading to neurotypical kids and don’t at all teach spelling, handwriting, vocabulary acquisition, grammar or punctuation to any one.

HE would not have become the functioning college graduate considering grad school man he is today without getting dyslexia-appropriate instruction.

Maybe that could have been done with intensive private instruction, but he would have needed that 4 days a week for several years, plus all the other elements above.  All of that was provided in the school day in our dyslexic school. [/quote]

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