I just want her to get the help she needs. It doesn't help that her older brother (by one year) is doing exceptionally well at school. I keep stressing that everyone has their own strengths and she is much better than him at some things and he is better at others. Tonight was a bad night as she kept repeating "you just don't understand me! I don't know what I am supposed to do!" of course, I did understand and was trying to let her know I understood, but she was past the brink of frustration and I could not get through to her. I need help helping her!

2nd grade is a great time to start. Good for you for being on top of this. many schools will not begin to identify for another year or two.

Thank you! Summer homework has been very difficult for us as I have noticed that she has a hard time understanding written directions. We already knew she had a hard time understanding verbal directions so this is new for us.

If her auditory processing problems are leading to reading/ language issues, give the Atlantic Seaboard Dyslexia Education Center a call (asdec.org). They are in Rockville and maintain lists of qualified tutors for dyslexia.

Does anyone know how I can go about finding a tutor for my DD? She will be going into 2nd grade and she has a weakness with auditory processing and as she is getting older I see it impacting her more and more as what she is learning is advancing as she ages. She has a hard time grasping some relatively simple ideas and I don't want her falling too far behind. I live in Rockville, MD. but can commute if the tutoring is done on weekends - I would prefer something closer though like Bethesda.