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 daughter who has been struggling with reading for awhile now. Sight words are still a struggle for her and she is continuing to reverse numbers and words both while reading and writing. My husband is dyslexic. I didn't know if it was hereditary or not. I keep bringing it up at her school but I keep getting a simple answer of “we are keeping an eye on it.” I feel like we are beyond that point and she needs more intervention. What are the steps in Michigan to get your child evaluated?

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 a reading specialist who focuses on helping students with dyslexia. Earlier this week my nephew, who’s dyslexic, was diagnosed with convergence insufficiency and saccadic dysfunction. I’m not familiar with this. My understanding is that it impacts his ability to cross his midline. Specifically, I’m curious how it can/will impact his sound/symbol knowledge, and if there is anything I can do to help him learn his sound/symbol associations and early decoding skills.

My son was diagnosed with dyslexia in 4th grade. He does get services in school but has seen little change. He is now in 7th grade and struggling. He is smart and to see him get bad grades because he simply doesn’t understand the reading is sad. I’m looking at additional programs on my own to help him and maybe have him be confident in learning and reading.

I have worked with many dyslexic kids over the years, there are never any decent resources or help that actually works. Sight words seem to set them back. I want to get certified to teach a program that works really well for kids and learn to assess and train teachers. I was thinking Orton-Gillingham, however the priority is my grade 7 boy at barely a grade 2 reading level that needs help. What program is the best for him? What is the best for me to get certified to help train other teachers to teach kids how to read and assess them early?

My child was recently diagnosed with a learning disorder in written expression through Perspectives of Troy. He also has a diagnosis of ADHD and depressive disorder. I had our school do an IEP evaluation for him, and they came back and said that he didn't meet the "district standards" for an IEP for his impairment and that he didn't meet requirements for a BIP with his ADHD. I did receive a 504 for him, but I do not feel it is enough to help him get to where he needs to be.

My daughter was just diagnosed with dyslexia. I am not sure where to go to find help. The diagnosis is Specific reading disorder (with double-deficit dyslexia) and visual tracking deficit. I did have a meeting with my daughters school but they are not doing anything at this time. She gets pulled out of class for additional reading help but they will not set up an IEP or anything specific for the dyslexia. There is so much information to absorb. Where do I find what my daughters rights are? I want to make sure I am doing everything I can to get her the help she needs.

I am a teacher in a private school with a dyslexic student in my classroom. Our resources are limited by time and availability. My goal is to make reading for this student a successful achievement eventually leading him to become a confident, independent reader who can succeed on his own. He is a very bright boy and he is very unsure of himself. Please let me know what I can do to further assist this child, and to ensure that my class is a Dyslexic Friendly classroom.