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Reply to "How can an outstanding reader/writer be such an atrocious speller? And how to help?"
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[quote=Anonymous] In what context does your child spell words wrong? This could make a difference to the type of intervention, if any, you chose to implement. My 10 year old spelled terribly while writing, but perfectly during spelling tests. He is also an advanced reader, etc. Due to concerns with inattention, lack of organization and extremely slow processing speed, he underwent a full neuropsychological evaluation, and was diagnosed with severe ADHD (combined type, but mostly inattentive and fidgety, not hyperactive). The psychologist told us that writing is an immense multitasking effort for children with ADHD: they struggle to do all these things at once - put thoughts on paper in a logical way, follow spelling, punctuation and grammatical rules, insert examples and cite sources, etc. So one thing that often gets lost in the shuffle is spelling! [/quote]
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