Recently, I had a patient with some delayed cognitive development and a confirmed dyslexia diagnosis referred to me by one of our providers. According to the IEP, the student is receiving the Edmark Reading Program at their school. When asked why the school is using this specific program for this particular student, the parents informed me that this was all the school had to offer in terms of reading interventions. The student is showing progress with recognizing sight words using the Edmark Reading Program, but still struggles with reading and comprehension on their own.

My granddaughter has been tested by her school multiple times. First, suggesting ADHD and then this week clarifying that the condition is more likely dyslexia. In our experience at home working with her, we see a manifested response that suggests dyslexia. The school says they have a process that will lead to labeling her as dyslexic and getting her into special classes. We are completely lost in how to establish a plan or what resources to access that will let us support her and her development.

My child was diagnosed with dyslexia in the fall. His phonemic awareness and spelling skills are still at mid-1st grade. Is it important to go back and systematically teach the missed skills, or due to his age, begin work with multisyllabic words and affixes? He has deficits in letter-sound knowledge, suffixes, inflections, and syllable insertion or omission. He also has deficits in segmenting (sound and syllable) and in phoneme isolation.

My daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia in 2nd grade and has received Orton-Gillingham based therapies for several years. After placing her in a private school for 9th grade, we had her reevaluated for accommodations through the public school system. We have just received her report and it makes no mention of dyslexia at all. I am wondering if this is common? They say she does not meet the criteria for accommodations. Do you have any recommendations for next steps?

Our seventh grader has been through extensive remediation. He reads beautifully now, but he still wants to work on his spelling. I am a huge fan of tutoring and he has had extensive tutoring just for spelling. The thing is he wants and is requesting of us to continue to work on spelling.

I have a grandson who was diagnosed with dyslexia over the summer as school was about to start. I informed the school as I was told to do for him to get the help he would need. I had previously voiced my concerns about him to the school, asking if they thought there was a problem, but all they would tell me was they thought he was lazy. Now all of a sudden, this same resource teacher tells me she teaches the same curriculum as a dyslexic teacher would teach. I think he would do better with a different teacher. My question is—are the resource teachers qualified to teach the same?

I have a son who has previously been diagnosed with a few SLDs. He has been getting few IEP services, but mostly is falling further behind. He exhibits most all the traits of dyslexia, from what I've read, but he has never been tested for it. It doesn't appear to be part of the suite of tests that the schools do. Are there tests to diagnose dyslexia? I don't know where to start, but my son desperately needs help before he fails out completely. If there aren't specific tests, how does one get a diagnosis?

I am reaching out to you for help to locate therapeutic reading materials for my son's complex dyslexia profile. For example, his reading comprehension was assessed at grade-level-equivalent of 10.9. However, his accuracy rate is at grade 2.7. He also exhibits high orthographic substitutions and struggles with Ellison. So far, we’ve had difficulty finding strength-based therapeutic materials that target his areas of need.

My inquiry is about navigating the process of applying to graduate schools. I'm the only person in my family who's dyslexic to apply to graduate school, so I'm a bit lost when it comes to this procedure.

I would like to go about getting some help with things. I have a hard time remembering and reading. My wife says I should get checked for dyslexia. I have not had much help from my parents and I have the desire to go to school. What should I do?