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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why doesn't he like to read? My first thought was that he might not like to read because it's hard; reading avoidance can be a sign of a reading disability.[/quote]

What do you recommend?  Should I have him assessed?  Where and by whom?  I have read out loud with him all this year since January to try and keep pace with his grade level.  It worked sort of but there was way too much drama.  I do not think he has dyslexia but I am not sure about any other reading disorder. [b] The one thing I can say is that when he runs into unfamiliar words too often (3 or more times on the same page)[/b], I can see him start to shut down, but vocabulary is not his only roadblock.  [b]His mind wonders considerably[/b] while he is reading so his comprehension is not where it should be.[/quote]

For the first thing I bolded, I wonder if part of the problem is that the books he is trying to read are too hard. We've been taught the 5 finger rule -- have him read the first couple pages of a book and keep track of the words he doesn't know/stumbles on. If there are none, the book is too easy. If there are 3 or more, the book is too hard. You want a book with 1-2 unfamiliar words per page. But you might want to start even easier to build his confidence. Is he in 2nd grade now? I recommend the My Weird School series. Kids think it's hilarious and it's simple sentence structure and plot so he won't be overwhelmed.

Re: the second thing I bolded, does he show other signs of ADHD? My child has both dyslexia and ADHD and started reading shortly after starting ADHD meds. We didn't realize how much instruction he was missing until he showed us how fast he could learn after the ADHD was controlled.

Take a look at this for signs of dyslexia: http://dyslexia.yale.edu/EDU_signs.html

I hate to pathologize all behavior, but I really believe that kids, generally, do the best they can, so when they aren't doing something that is expected of them, there's usually a reason.[/quote]

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