I am a school psychologist. I was recently asked to assess a child for dyslexia to help assist with developing reading interventions. Legally, are school psychologists able to give a formal dyslexia diagnosis? On your website it says we can, but the National Association of School Psychologists says we cannot. Parents are confused and so are school psychologists.

I am a mother of an 11 year old daughter who is currently in 6th grade and has an IEP. I wonder if traditional public schooling is the best and/or only option I have for her? The IEP team is urging that my daughter be placed into Special Education class for Math and English in junior high for next year. I can not believe that this would be the best option for her. She has no behavioral problems. Thus far, with the small group intervention and workload modification her IEP has provided, she still can not complete academic tasks successfully on her own.

I am in need of help. My child is in 6th grade reading at a 1.3 reading level. I have been told by several of her teachers that they feel like she has dementia when it comes to spelling and word recognition. They have told me with some of her memory issues that she may never read. I need help advocating for her.

I am currently writing what I hope will be a "parent friendly" article on tests of Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN), why we look at this when evaluating for reading disorders, and current theories on the underlying cognitive processes it actually measures. There are many conflicting theories (as you know). I am particularly unclear as to whether this is always measured as a component of dyslexia testing, and whether people with dyslexia sometimes perform well on measures of phonological processing, but poorly on RAN tasks?

I have a 13 year old son in 8th grade. He has struggled through school most of his life. He had an IEP (Individualized Education Program) and was diagnosed with dyslexia and an informal diagnosis of dysgraphia. Last year, just about this time, he was struggling at school and they did not want to implement his IEP, so we left. He was tested as he entered the new school and they said he tested so well that they dropped the IEP. He did very well until the end of the year. This year has been awful. He has struggled with bad grades and is getting into trouble constantly. Is there any information you can suggest for us?

I am somewhat shocked at how little information is available for researching dyslexia for schools in the United States. My biggest problem is trying to find those schools that might have some kind of access to financial aid programs. If you know of a site that might have some kind of "outline" that broaches this subject and might help me bring my search closer together, I would be extremely grateful.

Do you know where one may find an online class that teaches how to diagnose dyslexia? I am a tutor and would like to expand my skills.

As a teacher, I am seeking resources for working with a student. She currently hates doing homework, has a hard time with spelling basic sight words, and is on a 2nd grade reading level. What suggestions do you have for working with this student? Also do you know of a talk to text app she can use to help her with writing? She is very articulate and can synthesize information.

Our 14-year-old son has been assessed as being dyslexic, dysgraphic, and dyscalculic along with being above average in intelligence but having some memory issues and some borderline attention issues. After having had him assessed by both a hospital and a school district the question is: Can dyslexic reading challenges be fully or mostly overcome, or will there always be some challenge associated with dyslexia? Is it worth continuing to try to teach and help our son understand the basics of reading or should we switch to a focus on accommodations to get by and actually learn content?

My daughter is in 6th grade. She has an IEP. There are several goals that the school measures by saying "n" for not introduced. Why are they putting goals and objectives that they aren't introducing? I feel like the school thinks I am stupid and they are doing the least possible to give the help my daughter needs for the appropriate education that they are supposed to be providing. Are they breaking the law?