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[quote=Anonymous]PP, how old is your DS?  Our DD has a visually based dyslexia, so she has the opposite problem your DS has. She has strong phonemic awareness, but her memory for spelling irregular words is very poor.  She was slow to pick up reading, but has now caught up in third grade.  She has an Orton Gillingham trained tutor, and we work on sight words at home.  (She needs to learn sight words in conjunction with a meaningful picture, and then she can imprint that picture with the spelling into her long term memory.). She also has difficulty memorizing math facts, lining up math problems, and generally organizing her work and reading instructions on tests. So, we are in the process of having her evaluated for visual processing disorder.

You might want to research online symptoms of auditory dyslexia and perhaps auditory processing disorder see you recognize them in your child.  Also, is the situation impacting your child academically?  What does the school think?  If you suspect there's a problem, its best to address it as soon as possible, rather than waiting to see if your child will mature out of it. (If he has dyslexia, he won't mature out of it.) As other PPs have noted, LMB seems to have the best program for remediating issues with phonemic awareness.  A good tutor could also suggest skills to practice at home, like ours did.  It's made a huge difference for us.

PS, we are in FCPS and not eligible for services essentially because DD is at grade level (not failing). But the reason she isn't failing is because we weren't willing to let that happen to her. I could go on, but the good thing is that it is because of this board (not the school) that we were able to get our bearings and figure out how to get DD the help she needed.  Also, getting a private dx of dyslexia can help you to get accommodations at school (if not services). [/quote]

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