My husband and I are currently in the midst of having our nearly 7-year-old son evaluated for dyslexia. My question is this: Should fluency be taken into diagnostic account on measures of phonological awareness? In my understanding of dyslexia, fluency is crucial, so I do not understand why our son’s considerable lack of fluency is not being considered diagnostically.

Our son is 11 years old and attending middle school as a 6th grader. We live in Michigan. We have suspected for the past couple of years he suffers from dyslexia. He can read and comprehend written expression very well. In fact, he enjoys reading and many times he chooses to read on his own. His issues are not in reading or comprehension; but in spelling and writing. He spells phonetically, and his handwriting is almost unreadable. Many of his teachers have recognized the fact that he spells phonetically, and, at times, reverses letters. However, he is to the point now in his school career that he feels that he is a failure and has very low self-esteem. Where can we go from here to get him the help he so disparately needs in order to develop strategies that will help him overcome this disability?

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I was wondering if you had any recommendations for a testing facility in the St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN area. I have a 9-year-old daughter that struggles with reading and spelling and word sounds that I would like to have tested. Her father was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child and I would like to know if she had a disability as well. There are so many places that pop up when searching it is quite overwhelming. I am just looking for a place that would thoroughly test every aspect of the disability including auditory processing because she seems to hear and speak words differently.

I'm writing about my 3-year-old daughter. I'm working with her at home to get her ready for school next year and I have noticed that she is writing upside down and backwards. As I live in Canada, I was wondering if there is a place around my area that I could take her to get looked at. I’m very concerned about her writing and I really need some help.

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I am writing in reference to my daughter, who is 7 years old and in the 1st grade. Her teacher said early on in the year that she is "not trying, lazy, not trying". I believe that is not true, I believe my daughter is struggling because of a learning disability. Problem is I don't have the money to have her tested outside of school and the teacher is not listening to my request to have her tested. My daughter is struggling with phonetics. Please help me she is already been embarrassed by her teacher because she is not reading chapter books with the rest of the class.

Our son has shown mild signs of dyslexia for quite some time, but it appears that it is dyscalculia that is his main difficulty. He is now a senior in high school, and has passed his English courses without much problem. But he is now failing Algebra I for the third time. He has had difficulty with mathematics since early grade school. We are looking for help in finding a facility that could provide comprehensive testing of these learning disorders to help understand his situation better. Could you please help, or guide us to someone who can?

Hi, I am a mom of a 10-year-old fifth-grade girl who has been diagnosed with dyslexia. We have known since kindergarten that there were learning challenges and have successfully intervened with tutoring over the years. While she is slower with her work, she is able to work at grade level in most areas. This school year her teacher began telling her, in front of me, that accommodations would make her future in middle school harder for her and that they would not benefit hritten assignments, using Bookshare, and various apps on her school-issued iPad). The problem now is that she is angry to be dyslexic because she doesn't like the fact that her teacher is treating her differently from her peers and discussing the accommodations in front of others. What is the best way to rebuild her self-image as a student?er. After addressing the inappropriateness of these types of comments with administrators, she has been allowed to utilize her accommodations (such as typing w

I am at the beginning stages of researching help for my 3rd grade child who has been having reading problems since kindergarten. Now that he is working below standard in all aspects of reading, writing, and math, the school suggested I talk to his doctor about ADD. His reading specialist and pediatrician both suggested that he complete a thorough eye exam. I do not have any personal experience with either ADD or Dyslexia, but after reading both descriptions, I feel that he is showing many signs of dyslexia. My question is about finding him the right person to do the eye exam. I believe that he would need a visual perception test as opposed to a regular pediatric eye exam. Do you know of any providers in Southeast Michigan?