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Anonymous wrote:Welcome to the club, OP! Your daughter is going to do fine, and it’s going to take some hard work on both of your parts.

Have you read any books about dyslexia yet? The classic is Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shawitz and it is still accurate and supportive and a best first step.

You almost certainly are going to need outside tutoring. The most effective is known as academic language therapy, and you can either search for one (search Google for academic language therapist or CALT or go to ALTAread.org) or you can contact ASDEC, our local resource for academic language therapy.

Your school may also have a list of dyslexia providers. You’ll want to check credentials, though, and knowing what to look for can be confusing.

What did the neuropsych report specifically recommend/refer you to?

Thank you. Extremely helpful.

She recommended text to speech, reading intervention programs, such as ortho gillingham, as well as learning to type asap

Since she is so young I’d hold off on the text to speech and learning to type. There will be time for that, but if you support her really well now she may not need those things as accommodations as much later (just too soon to say - she well may. It’s just too early to know).

The school will not provide reading intervention at the level that is needed to get her reading, writing, and spelling up to her potential. They should, in an ideal world. But that isn’t the one we live in, so you do what you’ve got to do.

The good news is she is so young! You can help her succeed before she fails, and that is a gift most dyslexic kids don’t get.

Anonymous wrote:As a mother of a dyslexic child who attends a catholic school in Bethesda - you need to find an OG tutor who will work with your child during the school day. You need to pay for this out of your own pocket. It will be worth every penny. Start by asking the school if they already have an OG tutor coming in to the school.

You are so lucky you caught this early. With the right support (think 3 hours a week for multiple years) I am confident your child will be reading at grade level.

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Anonymous wrote:Public school isn't going to give her any services for dyslexia unless you want to reenroll her in public school. Is that what you want OP?

I beg to differ. All students, regardless of where they are enrolled, have the right to certain services.

Thanks

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public school isn't going to give her any services for dyslexia unless you want to reenroll her in public school. Is that what you want OP?

I beg to differ. All students, regardless of where they are enrolled, have the right to certain services.

Thanks

Anonymous wrote:I would get a second opinion.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Welcome to the club, OP! Your daughter is going to do fine, and it’s going to take some hard work on both of your parts.

Have you read any books about dyslexia yet? The classic is Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shawitz and it is still accurate and supportive and a best first step.

You almost certainly are going to need outside tutoring. The most effective is known as academic language therapy, and you can either search for one (search Google for academic language therapist or CALT or go to ALTAread.org) or you can contact ASDEC, our local resource for academic language therapy.

Your school may also have a list of dyslexia providers. You’ll want to check credentials, though, and knowing what to look for can be confusing.

What did the neuropsych report specifically recommend/refer you to?

Thank you. Extremely helpful.

She recommended text to speech, reading intervention programs, such as ortho gillingham, as well as learning to type asap

Anonymous wrote:I would get a second opinion.

Anonymous wrote:Welcome to the club, OP! Your daughter is going to do fine, and it’s going to take some hard work on both of your parts.

Have you read any books about dyslexia yet? The classic is Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shawitz and it is still accurate and supportive and a best first step.

You almost certainly are going to need outside tutoring. The most effective is known as academic language therapy, and you can either search for one (search Google for academic language therapist or CALT or go to ALTAread.org) or you can contact ASDEC, our local resource for academic language therapy.

Your school may also have a list of dyslexia providers. You’ll want to check credentials, though, and knowing what to look for can be confusing.

What did the neuropsych report specifically recommend/refer you to?

Anonymous wrote:Public school isn't going to give her any services for dyslexia unless you want to reenroll her in public school. Is that what you want OP?

Anonymous wrote:I would get a second opinion.