Interesting...Cogmed sounds like something I should take a look at.

And this is one of the things the Scottish Rite director told me...that even though dd's scores are low average to average for her grade she should be doing much better based on her IQ. She really felt they didn't match up which is interesting because I don't think of her IQ as being particularly high.

I wish I knew this! But since it is all free, I'm sure it's not to get more business. The tutors are allowed to do private tutoring (off site), but the dyslexia center gets none of that. I've known the director for about a year and a half now, and I really believe her when she says dd will benefit. I hope so anyway. If not, I'll at least know I tried.

And this may well be what is happening with her. Reading comprehension looked okay on tests, but yet in everyday life, her reading comprehension totally stinks. I had her reading SOTW 1 and taking the commercial tests with it, and she was getting less than half correct. Just talking about things she reads reveals that she just doesn't get it. On the other hand, she tried a lot harder during testing than she usually does. Per her own admission. She said she didn't want the testers to think she was "dumb". Testing was on a Tuesday; she went to bed that night with a headache, and I couldn't get her to do any school work the rest of the week. She was that mentally drained. ETA: I meant to say that she's almost 12, so her struggles with SOTW 1 comprehension are rather concerning to me.

What is SLD? Dd would fully agree with the "injustice of the system"! Dd has been upset that DS #2 has been getting tutoring because she sees how much she struggles and says it's not fair he gets help and she doesn't. But his issues are definitely more severe than hers, even after 1.5 years at the Scottish Rite. And her older brother has the severe dysgraphia (grade equivalent for handwriting was K.5 and he's 14). I just don't really see the dysgraphia with her. But she's the one who cares about it all and wants more for herself. Her poor spelling really bothers her a lot. I wonder what would have happened if I had tested them back in the beginning instead of trying some remediation myself. Lesson learned.

Yes, I am definitely moving ahead with the dyslexia materials. She's already been doing All About Spelling which is roughly OG based, but it's not quite enough for her (or I'm not consistent enough due to lack of time!) the director seemed pretty convinced it would help her, so I'm willing to try. We get 2 years free at the Scottish Rite for each child. I said I didn't want to wait for 2 years on the waiting list (dd would be starting high school then) so I am going to pay one of their tutors to tutor dd. The director said when dd's time on the list comes up, she still gets her free 2 years, even though she will have already had tutoring in the interim.

Pretty detailed...I have pages of test results...WISC-V,WJ-III, TOWL, GORT, CTOPP-2, CELF-5, Beery VMI, D-KEFS Trail Making Test, DKEFS verbal fluency, D-KEFS, Children's Memory scale, among a few others. She was diagnosed with ADHD, inattentive (already known) and Specific Learning Disorder with impairments in written expression, with impairments in gram/punctuation, spelling, and writing fluency; (previous diagnosis was Language Disability of Written Language from the children's hosp) also unspecified anxiety disorder. During the results session, the NP fellow said dysgraphia in passing.

Hi, I'm new to posting here though I've been reading for quite some time. Something's bugging me... I've suspected dyslexia for 3 of my children basically since beginning homeschooling them for K. Since we didn't have money for evals at the time, I simply purchased Barton and began with oldest at age 5-6. Didn't get far because oldest DS could never pass level 1. Then did LiPS with him. Still couldn't pass level one. Eventually gave up on Barton since we were both in tears whenever he tried. Over time, we ended up using a combo of I See Sam books, Explode the Code, All About Spelling, Reading Horizons (software said to be for dyslexia), and Reading Assistant. I liked this combo and used it for other kids as well. Eventually had money/insurance enough to pursue testing. Did so at a children's hospital. Testing turned out to be only two hours of test (due to recent cut backs & trying to get more kids in - I had waited a year for these appts) and one hour with dr who was anti-homeschooling. Youngest DS got a diagnosis of dyslexia. Oldest DS and dd did not because they were at grade level. I had spent by far the most time (lots of time!) working with oldest DS, and then with dd, and then not much at all with 2nd DS due to lack of time on my part and immaturity on his part. Fast forward almost 3 years. 2nd DS has been at Scottish Rite for dyslexia tutoring for 1.5 years. I get other two tested again. Different university hospital, with neuropsych. Lots of testing, etc. I'm pretty happy overall with the testing. Much more helpful in other areas. But dd showed weakness in phonological related tests throughout. Testers say she doesn't have dyslexia but refer her to the Scottish Rite dyslexia center for tutoring. I didn't think they took kids without a dyslexia diagnosis, but since I was there with son #2, I talked to the director and showed her the results. After seeing her scores, the director said dd definitely needed tutoring and now she's on the (2 year) waiting list. So, is this common? They say it's not dyslexia, but go get the treatment for it? What am I missing?