HSing a kid with dyslexia question

[Renthead Mommy]

My Ma called today wanting info for her neice who is pulling her 10yo with dyslexia out of catholic school. I don't know the neice, but it sounds like the school really wasn't doing anything to help the child with his dyslexia. Ma said she was looking at using K-12 and Ma wanted to know if I knew anything about it and if it was suited toward dyslexic children still really struggling with reading. I know nothing about it other than they give you all the curriculum. To me that sounds like you are locked into using only their choices. I also think it sounds more like school at home, and school to this point has not been working well.

 

What I am wondering is if bringing him home to use a program like that really going to help him? I admit I don't know much about dyslexia, but don't kids need to learn to work within the dyslexia before they can really learn to read and such?

 

Can anyone recommend a reading/LA program that does work well for dyslexics? Or one that teaches them the tools to work out what they are seeing?

[Lecka]

There are a lot of problems that a 10-year-old could be having.

 

Some details need to be known about where she is exactly and where she is having difficulty.

 

Dyslexia is going to imply a difficulty with decoding all the way back to phonemic awareness -- even blending and segmenting and knowing how to sound out words.

 

If decoding is okay the next thing if often going to be fluency. There are materials focused on fluency.

 

Then comprehension -- I really don't know much about comprehension.

 

For dyslexia though a good book is Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz. At my library I also like the books by Wiley Blevins -- just what I think is a good resource that is available where I am.

 

The Barton reading website has a lot of good info also.

[fiddle]

:iagree:

 

I would NOT go with K-12 if the child is a struggling reader and dyslexic. You will NOT have the ability to tailor the curriculum appropriately.

 

Things like Barton, ABCDarian, Wilson, Scaredy Cat Reading System, Dancing Bears, and Davis are all going to be better options for a kiddo who struggles with reading at getting them up to reading. If the child is not ready for these programs and needs more foundational work, then the Lindamoodbell materials are great. I would have your Ma check into these programs first- and likely she will need to work to remediate the reading and have to put other content type areas on hold, or be done very lightly (history DVDs, hands-on science, etc.)

 

Also, before she leaves the private school, I'd push to see if they would give her any kind of testing for learning disabilities..... this would be very helpful if you decided to homeschool so you know better what you are dealing with.

 

Good luck!

Paula

[Renthead Mommy]

All I know is he was diagnosed with dyslexia and it sounds like the school was basically just telling him to work harder, not giving any help in how to learn/work with it, so the mom is pulling him. I don't know how much she even knows about homeschooling. Ma just asked me if I thought K12 would be a good match. (again, I have no clue since I don't know the kid or k12).

 

I'll pass on the books.

 

Thank you.

[Renthead Mommy]

:iagree:

 

I would NOT go with K-12 if the child is a struggling reader and dyslexic. You will NOT have the ability to tailor the curriculum appropriately.

 

Things like Barton, ABCDarian, Wilson, Scaredy Cat Reading System, Dancing Bears, and Davis are all going to be better options for a kiddo who struggles with reading at getting them up to reading. If the child is not ready for these programs and needs more foundational work, then the Lindamoodbell materials are great. I would have your Ma check into these programs first- and likely she will need to work to remediate the reading and have to put other content type areas on hold, or be done very lightly (history DVDs, hands-on science, etc.)

 

Also, before she leaves the private school, I'd push to see if they would give her any kind of testing for learning disabilities..... this would be very helpful if you decided to homeschool so you know better what you are dealing with.

 

Good luck!

Paula

 

Thank you! This is very helpful! That is pretty much what I thought about k12, and I figured if anyone would need tailoring, it would be him. I will pass these all on to Ma to pass on to her neice.

 

Thank you!

[suzziesnowflake]

She may want to try Verticy by Calvert if she feels she needs a boxed curriculum. They will do the testing to determine what level she needs to be in.

[AimeeM]

All I know is he was diagnosed with dyslexia and it sounds like the school was basically just telling him to work harder, not giving any help in how to learn/work with it, so the mom is pulling him. I don't know how much she even knows about homeschooling. Ma just asked me if I thought K12 would be a good match. (again, I have no clue since I don't know the kid or k12).

 

I'll pass on the books.

 

Thank you.

We pulled our dyslexic daughter from Catholic school. They aren't (in my experience) being unreasonable about their lack of concessions for those with learning differences; they receive no state funding (here, at least) and do not have the resources to provide testing like a public school, or special needs services like a public school. The teachers almost certainly have little experience with special needs.

 

Calvert has a program called Verticy that is great for dyslexics. Also, more segmented, is Apples and Pears for spelling, Dancing Bears for reading; there are programs that are more visual and tend to appeal to dyslexics for science (think Science Fusion) as well.

 

If she wants boxed she should go with Verticy; she will spend less (even with the additional teacher support option) than she was on Catholic school (if she was spending on tuition what we were, lol).