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[quote=Anonymous]My DC was finally diagnosed at the beginning of 2nd grade.  IMO, it was several years too late for him.  He was on the "watch" list since kindergarten, but the school never informed us of that until after he received his IEP mid 2nd grade.  So, they were noticing something as early as kindergarten.  Plus in preschool, when he was about to turn 3, I self referred him to Child Find and they said he was just above the level where they would offer services.  So, something was evident at as early as that.  I had no idea what, I just knew that there were a number of things that were wrong.  If I knew then what I knew now, I would have pushed for earlier intervention.  DC has profound dyslexia and dysgraphia.

I think that there are tests that can be developed to absolutely flag students as early as three.  RAN errors, trouble with printing, defiance during preschool when asked to do anything in art, but no refinance in any other part of the day, trouble learning the letters of ones name (even if it is only four letters), trouble with pronunciation - were all things that were present in my child.  [/quote]

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