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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not all public schools are the same. Mosaic in FCPS won't even say the word Dyslexia while Marshall Road has more OG trained teachers than any other school in the district.

I would not do LindaMood Bell at this age. 2 hours is too long for a child to sit for the intensive therapy.

I would start with [b]Dyslexia Connect (online)[/b]. You can do that 5 days a week for 25min/day. That's about all your kid can tolerate at this age.

If they enjoy their social life at public I would keep them there. You can opt for pull out services but it may not do much. As long as you keep her to within 2 grades behind she will qualify for any of the local dyslexia schools. [/quote]

They do OG? How does that work online exactly?  (not OP) [/quote]

It varies by tutor. Our specific one used Wilson but DD has no issues transitioning to OG. They do offer a free session to check it out. We signed up April 2020 and were also curious how well it would work. Turns out it's fabulous. They have a great system in place and from our experience fantastic tutors. We still use our tutor every summer so DD doesn't slip. In one year our tutor brought DD from reading around 15-20 words per minute to 80. She had the tutor for all of second grade (we also homeschooled as it was August 2020 - August 2021). Her reading level (DRA) went from 8 (early 1st grade) to 30 (early 3rd grade). She had no issues getting into Oakwood post-2020.

The sessions include repeating letters and sounds, moving to reading words to sentences and then paragraphs (building stamina). They also play a lot of games. DD always looked forward to her sessions since we kept them short (25min/day). They offer 55min sessions but it was too much for her at that age. Even now I think I'd still keep the sessions on the shorter side but more frequently. That's key. [/quote]

Thank you. 
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