I posted a few months ago regarding my 7 yo ds who I suspected had dyslexia. I have since had him tested and he was diagnosed with dyslexia and dygraphia. I was just wondering if someone can help me out with what all these scores mean. They did the scores as clusters with 90% Confidence Band... Woodcock Johnson III Verbal Ability 108-125 Thinking Ability 108-119 Cognitive Efficiency 93-109 There is some notation regarding further details of these scores: His highest scores were on subtests measuring fluid reasoning based on principles of inductive reasoning (Standard Score = 124) and auditory processing (Standard Score = 123). His score on a measure of visual-auditory associative learning and memory was average for his age (Standard Score = 97). His visual-spatial thinking was below average for his age (Standard Score = 83) Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration with Visual Perception and Fine Motor Coordination Subtests Visual-Motor Integration 85 Visual Perception 109 Fine Motor Coordination 78 Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, Second Edition Standard Score Phonological Awareness 82 Rapid Naming 70 Word Attack/Decoding 85 Letter-Word Identification 84 Passage Comprehension 57 Written Expression Handwriting 74 Spelling 73 Writing Samples 75 Math Skills - Woodcock Johnson Math Calculation 118 Math Fluency 98 Applied Problems 106 So, I guess what I'm wondering is if these tests point out anything else I should be paying attention to besides the dyslexia and the dysgraphia. Any help or insights would be most appreciated.

Well, I want to participate. I've joined a couple of times at the beginning of the year in the past and then eventually go back to lurkdom. This thread is my favorite part of the boards and I read it each week, so I thought I should give it another go. I recorded that I read 37 books last year, but I think I read more that I didn't write down. I got a little lazy with my notebook. I'm happy with this number since I ready a lot of chunksters and classics last year. But I'm challenging myself to double that number this year. My favorites from last year were The Big Green Tent, The Time Traveler's Wife, Herbert Mason's Gilgamesh and Beautiful Ruins. Currently I'm reading Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin, Collected Poems in English by Joseph Brodsky and Gulag by Anne Applebaum. I've never participated in any of the challenges, but I like the idea of the bingo board and have been going through my TBR pile to fill in the squares. Looking forward to a New Year filled with great books.

Thank you, everyone, for your responses. I'm reading them all and taking my time with them. I'm to inept with quoting to quote all the things I have found helpful or reassuring, but again many thanks.

I've been a longtime lurker, but I read the forums daily. I'm considering having my 7 yr. old son, E, tested for dyslexia. I have the option of going to Scottish Rite or a Neuropsych. I'm hoping someone here can maybe help me figure out what would be best for him. But I also wonder if I shouldn't see an audiologist to test for capd. I thought I would just list out my concerns... We have tried 4 different reading programs in the last 2 years. We have finally started AAR in August and are on lesson 20 - it's slow, slow going. We have made the most progress with AAR, but he repeatedly forgets the sounds of certain letters, so we are spending lots of time on review. E can't rhyme - at all. I tried the Barton pre-test and he got super frustrated with it, so I didn't finish it. He has always mispronounced words (free for three, etc.) He has gotten better with this somewhat, but he still says pacific for specific and peas for peace. He likes to read words in isolation (on the dry erase board). His reading typically falls apart when we use a reader or book. He has trouble with loud environments. We have to sit in certain places at church or he gets upset by how loud it is. He can't remember the ABC song, the Days of the Week, the Months of the year or my phone number no matter how much we try. Yet, he can regroup number in his head, and does well with remembering his math facts, etc. (He's extremely intuitive with numbers.) He is a little picky about things. Sometimes things have to be just so and until they are he gets really impatient. He isn't demanding about these things, just unsettled and impatient. I keep wondering if I am making a big deal about nothing, but his delay in reading among other things is really giving me pause. For the longest time I just kept telling myself that he was a late bloomer. I feel like we're doing all the right things and it's just not clicking. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.

Well, I'm behind. I keep picking books that take more than one week for me to read. But, at least I'm reading. I'm reading Andrew Murray's The Holiest of All which I started last week. I'm also reading Three Cups of Tea, but only at a snail's pace. We are staying at my mom's house for the week, so hopefully, I'll have more time for reading. 52/52 6. Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie 5. God's Smuggler by John Sherrill and Brother Andrew 4. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James 3. Persuasion by Jane Austen 2. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot 1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

I'm skipped a week of posting, but I'm still reading. I finished Catherine the Great, which I enjoyed and thought was really well written. However, I'm having trouble finding my next book to read. I have plenty to choose from, I'm just being indecisive. 52/52 6. Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie 5. God's Smuggler by John Sherrill and Brother Andrew 4. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James 3. Persuasion by Jane Austen 2. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot 1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

When I was 18 I was diagnosed with atypical ophthalmic migraines. I have the visual aura that lasts 30-45 minutes. If I'm having a terrible one I will also get numbness in my hands and really disoriented for that same amount of time. I do get headaches with it that will last 1-2 days, but they aren't that debilitating. Hormones, sudden changes in light, bright lights, and milk seem to trigger my migraines.

I'm still reading Catherine the Great. I've also been reading the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother when I need a break from Russia. I hope to finish at least one of them this week. 52/52 5. God's Smuggler by John Sherrill and Brother Andrew 4. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James 3. Persuasion by Jane Austen 2. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot 1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Auste

I've made it to week 5! This week I'm reading Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie. 52/52 5. God's Smuggler by John Sherrill and Brother Andrew 4. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James 3. Persuasion by Jane Austen 2. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot 1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

:iagree: I attend a spirit-filled non-denom. church (not AG) and I find the same is true for us. We long for something with more balance, but I don't want to be the only one in a church that does pray in tongues or raises my hands in worship. I don't want to have to keep the things I believe hidden, but I am not sure where to go to find what I want. I don't think I could be satisfied in a mainline denom., but my husband maybe willing to try one out sometime soon. Our church is much the same, it is very centered around the pastor. I want more balance in the Word. I don't just want to be taught "to live by faith" (which translates to how to get my needs met in our circles) all the time. We stay where we are mostly because it's where we've always been, but also because we don't know where else to go.

Unfortunately, now I must agree somewhat with the above posters. I may have responded too quickly. I am still enjoying the book. I will probably finish it tonight and I won't regret having read it. But, it just never picks up and in parts has become quite bogged down.

Yes, I am. I must admit, though, that this is my first P.D. James book. And, I am not fully pleased with the way she has chosen to write Elizabeth's character in this book. However, I came into it expecting to be disappointed because of how much I like Austen's books and I have been pleasantly surprised by how much I am enjoying it.

This week I finished Persuasion, my favorite Austen novel. It gets better with each re-reading. And as much as I wanted to read Ahab's Wife with the thread, I couldn't get myself to the bookstore to purchase a copy. So, instead I am reading Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James and God's Smuggler by John Sherrill and Brother Andrew. 52/52 3. Persuasion by Jane Austen 2. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot 1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

This week I finished All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot. It was quite an easy read, but engaging. I really enjoyed it. I have started Persuasion by Jane Austen which is my favorite of her novels. I was planning on taking a break from Austen for a while, but I am still recovering from Elegance of Hedgehog which I read in December and I really wanted to read another book or two with happy endings. I would like to get my hands on a copy of Ahab's Wife in the next few days, but I'm not sure I can this week. I'm also reading St. Augustine's Confessions, but this is rather slow going and I don't expect to have it finished this week. 52/52 2. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot 1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Oh, Thank You so much! My daughter is so excited. I hope we can make this happen for her.

Week 1 - Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. I loved it, which I knew I would before I started reading it. Week 2 - I am currently reading All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot. I am surprised at how much I am enjoying this one. I have a companion book to this one called James Herriot's Yorkshire that I think I will tackle next. I am also hoping to join in and read Ahab's Wife as soon as I finish these two.

I was an early dropout last year, but I am excited about participating this year. I am starting with a Jane Austen novel I have not read yet, Sense and Sensibility.

I highly recommend Alice Water's book The Art of Simple Food. I use this cookbook almost every night. There are some more complicated recipes in it as well, but it's focus is simple food/fantastic ingredients. This changed the way I cook. Love it.

:iagree: I will miss it. I never posted, but it sure was fun to read.

I think it does make me crazy. I already suspect that I have a chocolate allergy because dark chocolate tends to give me terrible headaches. I had some today and yesterday and I noticed that today I am acting like mommy on a rampage. I thought maybe it was just PMS, but maybe it's the chocolate.

I finished Amarcord by Marcella Hazan. I loved it. All the stories of food and of Italy were wonderful to read about. As I said on my blog, I grew hungry with every page I turned. I'm still listening to Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. This week I am starting American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham. I also think I will listen to an Anne Bronte book on librivox.org. My daughter finished Abigail Adams by Jean Wagoner and Left Behind The Kids Vol. 1.

I read Worship by Norvel Hayes and Julia Child by Laura Shapiro. I enjoyed both books. This week I'm reading Amarcord by Marcella Hazan and listening to Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. My daughter read Caddie Woodlawn's Family, and The Hardy Boys Books 1&2

I'm starting with Worship by Norvel Hayes and Don Quixote. My daughter is doing this with me and she is starting with Caddie Woodlawn's Family.

I'm in. I wanted to do this last year, but my one year old had other ideas. Now that he's two I'm feeling adventurous.

I'm a longtime lurker here on the WTM board, but I'll come out of hiding for this thread. :) I started Primal eating roughly two weeks ago. I have lost seven pounds and I am loving it. I feel great, have lost the brain fog and for once in my life don't feel like a slave to sugar. I did have several days were I felt like I was experiencing "carb flu". The first few days were really rough, but by day four I felt like a new person. My whole family is eating primal. The kids aren't 100%, but they have adjusted fairly well.