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My son has dyslexia and is in 3rd grade and not moving up in reading level despite having an IEP. I am getting worried he does not have the right support, and I'm not sure where to start. Hoping you might have some guidance?

I would like my daughter to have a fully comprehensive assessment for dyslexia. Can you tell me how I go about this? Once I find an appropriate comprehensive test, does the testing body provide their own professional to administer it? Or do I find a professional who uses their recommended test?

My 12 year old daughter has dyslexia/ learning disabilities. She has progressed through the Orton -Gillingham curriculum with a private tutor and has made strides. However, we homeschool and are finding it difficult to get support from our local school district. We know that public school students are getting aid with the multitude of technology aids out there. How do we determine what to purchase for her at home? Her biggest struggle is writing and spelling currently. She requires a parent to be her scribe when writing an essay. She has the thoughts, but is unable to put the words on paper on her own and her efforts to spell the words makes this a daunting task. I would like to see her able to write "independently" and not feel incapable and frustrated. I would love to hear your recommendations.

My 16-year-old son has been struggling with reading since elementary school. At age nine, we found a place that used the Orton-Gillingham approach, and we used that for several years. Over the years, we have supplemented his curriculum with tutors for English and math, taking online classes. (He really did not like that format and didn't make substantial gains). We also had a skills coach the last half of the school year. He’s an amazing, funny, young man who loves video games, music, and computers. When he finds something that interests him, he can focus for hours.

His struggle with executive function, prioritizing tasks, time management, awareness of next steps is an ongoing problem, but he hasn't responded well to schedules, charts, lists, alarms, etc. I'm struggling trying to find ways to help him retain information like basic math facts and grammar rules.

When we learned of the Orton-Gillingham approach for reading, it made such a huge difference. My hope is that there are things out there that have been developed to deal with his other challenges that I just haven't found.

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