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[quote=Anonymous]Learning Ally and Bookshare are great resources.  BOth are for people with dyslexia.  Leaning Ally changed its name from Recoding for the Blind and Dyslexic a few years ago.  So are the local libraries.  We found the the Arlington Central library had the best slection of audio books on CD in the children's section.  We listened to books as we drove up and down the Eat coast and to the mid-west on family trips- in addition to istening at home.  At this point, I can recite all 7 Harry Potter books. ;)

Barton and Wilson are good Orton-Gillingham based programs.

Work on keyboarding with word prediction software first.  Speech to text software doesn't work until end of Middle school or HS because it take patience (they are very frustrating inthe editing process), word enunciation and the ability to think in your head in paragraphs as they work better with long streams of input rather than a word at a time.   My DC used Co-writer at that age.  Look at the Don Johnston webiste for other products that may help.  As your DC ages, Kurzweil is fabulous.  It can read scanned material in PDF and Word form.  You can scan in a handout and then type on it and fill it out on the keyboard and print it out.  We also read and scribed quite a bit until DC"s keyboarding and computer voice listening ability increased (this wnet on through ES and into MS- trailing off slowly).  Even in HS, he scribes some when technology starts acting up and the frustation level rises.  This is a slow ebb and I can see the end now.

DC's dyslexia was discovered in 2nd grade, he is now in 11th.  He also has dysgraphia and ADHD in addition to a few other things.  The main thing is to remember it is a long haul and small steps add up over time.  You can't solve everything at once and if you try it will overload your child.  It is a balancing act.  Find places where your DC can be successful and support her assets too.  [/quote]

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