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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ Be nice. She's tried smething, it didn't wrk and nw she's frustrated. (I"m giving up 0s fr lent)[/quote]

Didn't mean to be rude, tho I could have softened it possibly. It seems to me that some parents try to cure their kid, so that was why i commented that. Not sure if that's OP's expectation or not. I know several people who are highly dyslexic and highly successful - to this day they prefer to listen to everything: news, books, training for work, you name it. They still don't read well, but they are rock stars in their fields[/quote]

OP here and I’m not “trying to cure my kid.” What you’ve implied is insulting. I’m not an idiot. I have three kids with varying learning disabilities and all three have IEPs. I also have a dyslexic husband who went to a special Ed private school and now is a well-educated and gainfully employed individual. However our DC is not just confounding us but also a school that specializes in language based learning disabilities. Because their dyslexia is that severe. I know I cannot “cure” them, but it is deeply concerning to have a functionally illiterate child who is 10 and has has this many interventions at this point in public and private school. Cure? No. But I do have expectations for them to graduate high school and college because they are very bright and engaged with learning. They just can’t learn to read.

And no we are not in the position for one of us to just quit our jobs to tutor DC. That would be bad for them socially and emotionally. They like school. They make friends easily. And someone has to pay for the $50k private school!

Appreciate those who responded with productive and helpful suggestions. [/quote]

No one said you are an idiot. At the same time, adjusting expectations when you have a child with a disability is important, as you know. If your child's dyslexia is so severe that it may not be remediated, then it might be helpful to shift to accommodating for it (e.g., audiobooks at school and home). You state that you have college expectations for a "functionally illiterate" 10 year old - depending on your child's interests, you may need to adjust this expectation. If your child wants to go to college, this is definitely possible with assistive technology. [/quote]

I had a functionally illiterate 10 year old with dyslexia. Instead of throwing up my hands, accommodating, and pushing everything audio, we continued to work on getting him as far as we could within his abilities. Now? As a 9th grader, he's in honors English and reads at a college level. Does he prefer audiobooks for his spare time? Yes and that's fine. Because he can read it if he needs to read it. He's a great writer even if he misspells words. That point is, don't determine someone's potential at 10 years old. [/quote]

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