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DD is 11 and  just given the official diagnoses of Dyslexia and both types of ADHD.  The Dyslexia is profound in the area of spelling, moderate in reading, and for some odd reason she is only slightly below grade level in reading comprehension and above grade level in writing fluency which the tester said does not take spelling and grammar into account. We currently use All About Spelling and love it. Does anyone use All About Reading with a Dyslexic student?  I looked at Barton, which seems to be a wonderful program, but the cost difference is massive. Thanks for your help.

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To be perfectly honest, Barton is the only program that has worked for us and we have tried most of them including AAS. Unless a child is just slightly dyslexic, it has to be true Orton-Gillingham for these kids. Another good one is Wilson. I believe it is less expensive. Susan Barton has all the ones she recommends on her website. You can deflect some of the cost of Barton by selling the levels you have completed to purchase the next level. It has a great resale value. I agree it is expensive but totally worth it and by far the easiest to use. The teacher training comes with it (DVDs) as it does have to be done very specifically. Also there have been many times I have need help or had questions and have spoken directly to Susan Barton. She is very helpful and takes time to answer everything. This is priceless to me.

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Is she making progress with AAS?  That is what will matter for you.  If she is making progress with AAS, and you are happy with it, then that is most important.

 

I think (think) AAR has a 60-day return policy?  I think it has a return policy, anyway. You can always try it and see.  

 

If it goes well, that is great.  If it doesn't, then you can go from there.  

 

For my son it moved too fast, and went into consonant blends too quickly.  He had a lot of struggles with consonant blends.  He had a lot of struggle with building up from blending a few sounds into blending longer words.  That was the problem for him.  

 

But there is no reason to think that your daughter might have that same problem.  

 

But if you see that it is going too fast, or is too confusing, then I think you would want to go for a "this is made specifically for kids with dyslexia" program.

 

But some people can adjust other programs with extra practice and stuff.  It just depends.  If you see you can make it work, then that is good!  

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Your resale value on Barton will be good enough that your actual cost will be LESS than Barton.  Barton is also more age-appropriate, with more sophisticated reading selections that will fit an older student.

 

Yes, I think that's the case that most kids with dyslexia do not have reading comprehension problems.  My ds does, but he has more complicating factors.  

 

I have all the levels of AAS, btw, but with my dyslexic I use Barton.

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Where can you find used Barton materials? They seem to go so fast. My 10 year old is still struggling with everything.

Ebay always seems to have several of the lower levels available for sale at a time. I've always had great success in selling my used levels on there. Like OhE said, resale values are excellent. ;-)

 

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 My ds is moderately dyslexic. When we started Barton he was reading at a early 2nd grade level. We blew through the first couple of levels BUT it uncovered some phonemic awareness issues I didn't even know he had. They were masked by his ability to read. It was totally worth doing those early level IMHO. Good luck to you.

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