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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a DD in the same grade as yours that is probably stealth dyslexic too. I say probably, because I don't think that's a real diagnosis among many professionals--ours didn't mention it, but I've been aware of it.

I wanted to reccomend a thorough look at vision--specifically visual motor skills and visual perception skills.  We found such glaring hole in DDs visual perception skills.  it's as if she's completely blind in this one specific way to perceive the world (otherwise her visual perception is in the superior range). It obviously affects reading. And she looks dyslexic because she cannot properly orient letters or remember spelling or sound out words. But she will never get a dyslexia diagnosis because she reads extremely well. Also, it's my understanding dyslexia has little to do with vision.

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Huh. That is a very good point.  She has never been to an opthamologist.  I should look into this if only to rule it out.  Do you have one to recommend?  [/quote]

I don't have any reccomendations for the DC area. We took part in a university program in another state. Part of the eval was done by developmental optometrists or behavioral optometrists. But I believe the assessment that most pinpointed the dysfunction, the MVPT-IV, was done by a psychologist or maybe an OT? Motor free visual perception I believe. it was very clear she had dysgraphia caused by a visual perception deficit compounded by visual motor integration. That is where she really struggles, so it was good to understand the root cause, and that was our focus last year.

When she was assessed by the school psych (just wisc and wiat) she did not qualify for an iep. She goes to a private school, and they refuse to give her extra help, and it's hard to argue, because she's doing really well. [/quote]

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