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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suspected by the end of K that my older DS had problems but most of out focus was on his severe ADHD.  We were discouraged from testing in 1st but I went ahead with private testing over the summer before second.  He has severe dyslexia.  In my own research I realized that DH has classic mild dyslexia.

I talked to the folks who did the testing for older DS about concerns for my younger DS.  They prefer testing after 6 because the battery of tests they can use increases.  They did encourage me to go ahead with a lot of multisensory early instruction  (letter sounds, word play, etc) even without testing.  He's an early Oct baby and rising K this year, so I'm watching and waiting and communicating with the school.  If he does not show progress we will pursue testing before the end of K.
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This was our experience, too.  We tested our 6 + 1/2 year old mid-way through 1st grade.  It turns out she has ADHD and anxiety, with some Executive Functioning issues, but they did not label her dyslexic.  Our 5 year old rising Kindergartner has far more profound issues (he can now, after a year and a half of academic and speech therapy, only identify 15 letters and 9 numbers, despite having a FSIQ of 140), but both Stixrud, Children's and MCPS told us that in order to have his testing be meaningful, we should wait until he is 6 and a few months into Kindergarten (say, October or November) to do a full neuropscyh for him and initiate the IEP process within MCPS.[/quote]

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