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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son also has profound dyslexia and is at Lab- it's an amazing school. But if that's not possible, then I would recommend doing Linda Mood Bell this summer and then ASDEC tutoring. if you could also afford a smaller school like a Catholic school or maybe try Springwell in Silver Spring. they might be able to accommodate him better. But I would prioritize the Asdec tutoring over the school.[b] i've researched every public school district in about 100 mile zone and I haven't found any that seem like they have profound dyslexia capacity.[/b][/quote]

Public schools don't even remediate for mild dyslexia. The reading specialists may, sometimes, apply dyslexia-friendly reading methods, but I doubt any of them are specifically trained for it, and the sessions are vastly insufficient by themselves anyway. Same for dyscalculia and dysgraphia - my kid did not receive any type of in-school training for that. They threw a calculator and typing accommodation at him and called it a day. At home, I was the one who made him work on occupational therapy exercises, finger strength and coordination, handwriting exercises, and tutored him in math intensively. This is what saved him. And his SN-friendly private school didn't do squat either - they were just really nice to him.

Targeted therapy is much more worthwhile in the long run, OP, than private school with nebulous services. You need to allocate funds towards OG dyslexia tutoring as a priority, as often as your kid can possibly tolerate, and practice at home every single day, weekends included. It's only if you can also afford private school, on top of intensive dyslexia tutoring, that you should add this as well.

Parenting these kids is a TON of work compared to parenting "neurotypical" kids, but it's incredibly worthwhile. Now DS is in a good college and doing well. I look at his younger siblings who are just sailing through childhood, without needing my help for anything, and it's just mindboggling the difference in effort and labor that we've had to put in.[/quote]

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