My 8-yr-old daughter has ADHD (combined type) and will be entering 3rd grade. She currently has twice weekly private tutoring by an Orton-Gillingham-trained tutor. Her tutor and I suspect dyslexia may be impeding her reading progress as she is very smart and capable in many other areas. She is very positive and joyful overall. She loves school and would be very compliant in a testing situation. I was wondering if she would also be a candidate for diagnostic testing for dyslexia? I myself am an early childhood/elementary school trained teacher, so I know the importance of diagnosis and early intervention. If you could please provide me with any recommendations or information on testing and/or research, I would appreciate it. We understand that private testing is very expensive and insurance does not cover it.

I am getting conflicting information from various people regarding screening English Language Learners for reading in their dominant language. Do studies indicate that it is better to screen students for reading difficulty in their dominant language if they have had no formal English instruction?

My 16 year old thinks she is dyslexic, as her first grade teacher suggested. What are symptoms of dyslexia in a high schooler who has never received any treatment or evaluation? She is an honors student but sometimes gets a 0 grade because she cannot recall anything she read on six pages of crowded font text. I noticed she cannot read new words: She only reads the first and the last letter and then she plays lottery with the letters in the middle (this is not new, and has done it since she started reading in first grade).

My son has recently been diagnosed with dyslexia, and he is currently being tested in school for an IEP. The school is wonderful, but they don't know anything about dyslexia. What are some things I need to request for his IEP that could truly help my son?

Researchers from the University of Oxford work to define dyslexia.

I’ve developed a growing interest in dyslexia and was wondering if you could give me, someone used to reading research papers and technical books on linguistics and psycholinguistics, any book suggestions to deepen my knowledge of dyslexia.

I am a teacher and I had the opportunity to do a presentation for 40 teachers in my district that were interested in learning more about dyslexia. After my presentation, my building principal asked what we can do to help these kids. At the present time, very little is being done. The K-2 building does Wilson reading and Fundations, but that is as far as it goes. Do you have any suggestions that I can give her?

My daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia when she was in third grade. She was originally diagnosed by the school psychologist and then 6 months later by a private physician. She attends a private school and is in 8th grade. I'm just finding out she needs to be reevaluated every 3 years and I'm trying to get this done before she tests for high school to get her extended time testing on high school placement. Is every three-year evaluation for dyslexia common? Will there be a chance she no longer tests positive for dyslexia?

I was wondering if you have any information on diet and how it affects children with dyslexia. My son has mild attention issues (suspected but not yet diagnosed with ADHD) and there is rich information about how food plays a role in the lives of children with ADHD, but I wondered if there was specific information pertaining to dyslexia?