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[quote=Anonymous]We kept my DC in public because of the math and science.  Those are his strengths.  It was also important for him be around his local peers.  It was easier to supplement the reading/writing than it would have been to supplement the math and science.

We supplemented what he was getting from his IEP with a reading tutor 2-3 days a week and supplemented more at home (with guidance from his reading teacher).  He received Wilson both in school and with his teacher in ES- he completed Wilson level II at the end of 6th grade. In MS he took Language! (7th) and Rewards (8th).  He has profound dyslexia, dysgraphia and ADHD.  He was in FCPS, dyslexia was not used as a term until he was in MS and the county made a change and started naming it.  He graduatedfrom HS last year and was able to take many math and science APs.  He is currently a freshman in college with a declared major in math and trying to figure out a double major (physics and ecology/biology are the current front runners).  He receives most of the same accommodation in college as he did in HS (electronic/audio books, teacher notes, extra time on test with a scribe/reader or technology that does it, priority class scheduling, a calculator,).

DC has double or triple dyslexia (depending on how someone defines it- there is still contention within the community).  We were able to bring his phoneme awareness up to Low Average and decoding up to Low Average, his RAN remains in the 1st percentile (there really isn’t a viable program to combat it yet).  His comprehension, vocabulary, and background knowledge  was always excellent.  We utilized audio books (or read to him) at his cognitive level to keep up his vocabulary and increase his understanding of more complicated characters and plot structures.  We also scribed for him until he was able to be profieicnt enough on his wor dprediction software (he was not fully out of scribingat home until mid-junior year).  He is an outlier in the depth,complexity and severity of his dyslexia and dysgraphia- somewhat of a worst case scenario.  HOwever, by also concentrating on his strength as well as his weaknesses, he was able to use his strengths to overcome his weaknesses to a point where technology works well for him.  For example, our goal for spelling was to get to a point where spell check would recognize it.

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