dyslexia help--where to go next?

[mo2]

I'm pretty sure my 8yo has dyslexia. I went to the ps for testing, because in our state homeschoolers have access to ps special needs services. They did bring in someone to do some testing, but I am not happy with what they have told me. They basically came to the conclusion that I have just not been teaching her.

 

Now I'm not sure what to do next. We don't have insurance and I really can't afford private testing. I don't want to waste more time trying different curricula that isn't going to help. But I also can't afford to go ahead and purchase a *really good* program like Barton.

 

Any suggestions on where to go? We live in a small town so reousrces are limited. There are no reading tutors outside of the ps.

 

Thank you.

[Dobela]

If you know a member of a Masonic Lodge, ask them to help you get an appointment at a Scottish Rite Clinic or hospital thta has a dyslexia specialist. They will do all testing for free and provide training to you for their Take Flight reading program. If I am not mistaken, they will also proivide the program to you for free if your child is diagnosed thru them.

[mo2]

If you know a member of a Masonic Lodge, ask them to help you get an appointment at a Scottish Rite Clinic or hospital thta has a dyslexia specialist. They will do all testing for free and provide training to you for their Take Flight reading program. If I am not mistaken, they will also proivide the program to you for free if your child is diagnosed thru them.

 

 

I'm having a hard time finding out if there is a Scottish Rite hospital in our area. I've never heard of one, and google is not helping much.

[peachskittles]

I'm having a hard time finding out if there is a Scottish Rite hospital in our area. I've never heard of one, and google is not helping much.

 

http://www.scottishrite.org/what/phil/rc-directory.html

 

I called the two that are about an hour from me. One did not answer (I need to call back again) and the other one only takes children up to 7 years old (the Scottish RiteCare program has some places that take up to the age of 12 so this is just this center's rule) AND had a waitlist over a year long. Hopefully you'll have better luck.

Edited September 20, 2010 by peachskittles

[merry gardens]

I'm pretty sure my 8yo has dyslexia. I went to the ps for testing, because in our state homeschoolers have access to ps special needs services. They did bring in someone to do some testing, but I am not happy with what they have told me. They basically came to the conclusion that I have just not been teaching her.

 

Now I'm not sure what to do next. We don't have insurance and I really can't afford private testing. I don't want to waste more time trying different curricula that isn't going to help. But I also can't afford to go ahead and purchase a *really good* program like Barton.

 

Any suggestions on where to go? We live in a small town so reousrces are limited. There are no reading tutors outside of the ps.

 

Thank you.

You might look into LiPS.

 

We use Barton's but since my son couldn't pass one section of the Barton screen, we started with LiPS. Both Bartons and LiPS work to improve phonemic awareness in children with dyslexia. LiPS is very well researched. The first two levels, maybe more of Bartons are very similar to some of the later portions of LiPS. The early portion of LiPS covers some information that Barton's doesn't, like how the mouth, tongue and lips forms the various sounds.

 

Barton's is more scripted and has tutor training, but there is some scripting in LiPS too. You can buy the items separately or sold in a kit. Here's a link to the manual. http://www.ganderpublishing.com/LiPS-Trainers-Manual.html I didn't buy entire kit to do LiPS. I did it using a used manual and some of the manipulatives like the mouth cling pictures (and a few more. I did buy a training cd for vowels, which was something my son really struggled with. Some of the materials a person could make themselves relatively easily.) Used manuals and program kits turn up from time to time. If you want something similar to Bartons but can't afford it, or if your child cannot pass a section of the Barton's screen, LiPS is great! I would recommend that you take the free tutor screening on the Barton's website first to make sure you can hear the sounds correctly before trying to do LiPS with your child.

[SailorMom]

After years of not knowing what the heck I needed to be doing, ds finally ended up at a neuropsychologist in the last few weeks. I really really really wish I had known this was where i needed to turn.

School testing, imho, is pretty much worthless.

[ElizabethB]

For $25 you can get recipe for reading, it has everything you need to make your own OG program.

 

http://eps.schoolspecialty.com/products/details.cfm?seriesonly=491M

[mo2]

http://www.scottishrite.org/what/phil/rc-directory.html

 

I called the two that are about an hour from me. One did not answer (I need to call back again) and the other one only takes children up to 7 years old (the Scottish RiteCare program has some places that take up to the age of 12 so this is just this center's rule) AND had a waitlist over a year long. Hopefully you'll have better luck.

 

Thanks for the link. I don't know why I couldn't find that on my own. :confused:

[mo2]

Thanks to everyone who responded. Elizabeth, I see that Recipe for Reading also has workbooks and other books that go along with it. Are these necessary? The book itself has everything I would need, right?

 

SailorMom, how did you finally end up at a neuropsych? Did you need referrals to get there?

[siloam]

I'm pretty sure my 8yo has dyslexia. I went to the ps for testing, because in our state homeschoolers have access to ps special needs services. They did bring in someone to do some testing, but I am not happy with what they have told me. They basically came to the conclusion that I have just not been teaching her.

 

Now I'm not sure what to do next. We don't have insurance and I really can't afford private testing. I don't want to waste more time trying different curricula that isn't going to help. But I also can't afford to go ahead and purchase a *really good* program like Barton.

 

Any suggestions on where to go? We live in a small town so reousrces are limited. There are no reading tutors outside of the ps.

 

Thank you.

 

Start with the Barton Student Screening. That will tell if they are even ready for an o/g program.

 

Are they reading at all?

 

Recipe for Reading is the cheapest of o/g programs, but it is a how to create your own program manual. There are a couple of gals on the Heart of Reading yahoo group who used it successfully to teach their dyslexic children to read.

 

Heather

[ElizabethB]

Thanks to everyone who responded. Elizabeth, I see that Recipe for Reading also has workbooks and other books that go along with it. Are these necessary? The book itself has everything I would need, right?

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The workbooks are optional. They make it easier, but you can get everything you need from the book. All the word lists are included, you would just need to write more things out and do a bit more work if you only buy the book. I actually like that better, anyway, my remedial students all seem to do better from a whiteboard than from a workbook.