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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What signs did the child tested at first grade show? Thanks[/quote]
His teacher in K flagged that he wasn't matching sounds to letters, and aside from a few sight words couldn't read at all. In 1st he continued to have trouble sounding out words, i.e. Decoding. The real flags were his distress. He also had trouble recognizing numbers and so couldn't find his place in the math book, for instance. That was humiliating. And he would leap ahead in a math concept, but not have the ability to use actual number symbols. In other words, his learning in reading was way, way behind where his effort and intelligence indicated he should be, and he was angry, ashamed, and confused. His teacher was wonderful and pulled together a meeting with the reading specialist, learning specialist, counselor, and head of school and we talked it through and we agreed to test him privately. It is a private school. Good luck, OP! When in doubt, test.

I am also dyslexic, but didn't realize till my kid was diagnosed. I wish I had the early intervention my kid has gotten - my school life, and probably my career choices, would have been different.[/quote]

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