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[quote=Anonymous]You absolutely CAN assess a very young child for dyslexia, and what's more you should, if there are concerns. As PPs have said, dyslexia is more/different than just reading late. Reading late is fine! No biggie. But for dyslexics, not reading (or at least making good progress) when they've had good teaching for a year or two means something is up. A dyslexic brain needs to be taught to read in a different way than the typical brain. The earlier your kid gets that special teaching, the less likely it is that he or she will struggle will reading the rest of his or her life. Its not a panacea, but it helps.

My dyslexic son was diagnosed mid 1st grade, but it easily could have slipped by. His school told us yes, he was struggling, it was unexpected because he is so bright, but still "normal." We got him tested anyway, and he is clearly dyslexic - many cognitive strengths in the 99th percentile, and many cognitive weaknesses below the 20th percentile. He has gotten OG tutoring 2 x week, even through the summer, for the past year and a half and he is at grade level now.

I'm quite sure I am dyslexic, too. I grew up believing I was stupid and lazy, because I couldn't memorize math or history facts, can't spell (I've had 15-20 words spell checked in this post alone) and tend not to remember what I read in text books. Try to imagine what it does to your self image to believe you are stupid for your first 20 years. And I am not stupid, I'm actually quite bright. I just didn't know it till graduate school.

But my son won't deal with all that - he knows he has fabulous strengths, and some weaknesses that mean he has to work harder than other kids. But he knows that if he works hard, he can achieve what he wants to achieve, for the most part. Probably winning a spelling bee is out, I suppose.

That is what early testing and tutoring can do - prevent them from experiencing what I did.[/quote]

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