VickiW Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 We have the testing completed. Dyslexia -dysgraphia- ADHD is the diagnosis for my 11 yr old ds. I'm having trouble finding a Tudor. Does anyone have thought on Sylvan learning for a tutoring option. I'm asking questions at Sylvan but can't seem to make sense of it. I'm not hearing key words or phrase like "Barton, O-G system, systematic phonetic approach..." and it has me concerned. The guy just keeps talking about how great his software is. His approach for my kid is to build his vocabulary. He thinks the phonetic window has closed because of his age. I really trust the experience you all have here. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Snarky answer: How about Anne Boleyn? She was an interesting Tudor. Nonsnarky answer: Using Barton is promising. Folks here who remediate their own kids for dyslexia often use Barton. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) I know someone also who paid an education major to watch the Barton videos and tutor her son (she also purchased the sets) because he was an older age and she was a bit busy and just kind-of didn't want to do it herself.... it worked out good for her. It isn't as good as finding someone who has more background, but if you can't find anybody there may not be anybody. Or you might use Barton yourself. But if you would prefer tutoring and it just isn't really available -- I do know somebody who did this. I couldn't find anybody where I lived, either. It was just not available within a 2-hour drive. I don't think the phonetic window has closed. Kids make progress at older ages. Edited June 19, 2017 by Lecka 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VickiW Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Snarky answer: How about Anne Boleyn? She was an interesting Tudor. Nonsnarky answer: Using Barton is promising. Folks here who remediate their own kids for dyslexia often use Barton. hehe....snort.....snort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VickiW Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 I know someone also who paid an education major to watch the Barton videos and tutor her son (she also purchased the sets) because he was an older age and she was a bit busy and just kind-of didn't want to do it herself.... it worked out good for her. It isn't as good as finding someone who has more background, but if you can't find anybody there may not be anybody. Or you might use Barton yourself. But if you would prefer tutoring and it just isn't really available -- I do know somebody who did this. I couldn't find anybody where I lived, either. It was just not available within a 2-hour drive. I don't think the phonetic window has closed. Kids make progress at older ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VickiW Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Brilliant.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) Short answer: Run away. :) Longer answer: Sylvan does not have a good system for tutoring dyslexics. They just don't. And none of the tutors I interacted with at Sylvan were trained to understand dyslexia. They had no clue. The idea that the window has closed for your son regarding phonics based learning shows just how utterly ignorant they are of learning challenges like dyslexia and dyscalculia. BTDT. FWIW, my daughter didn't start Barton until she was turning 12. She went from barely decoding books like Clifford in 5th grade to reading full chapter books like Divergent in 7th grade. Barton gave her the missing pieces she had been struggling without for years. I had tried teacher tutoring after school and local full time tutors and found they had no clue, even if they were supposed to be dyslexia specialists. Putting her at Sylvan (twice) also was NOT helpful. The only thing that worked was me tutoring her in Barton myself. However, I DID find decent tutors in anther city 4 hours away. I had hoped to relocate to that other city to get additional help but had to settle for them spending 5 weeks one summer there. If I could have, I would have outsourced my son's tutoring (I have two kids with dyslexia) because he had comorbid issues that made tutoring him exceedingly difficult and it caused a lot of strain on him and on our relationship. Edited June 19, 2017 by OneStepAtATime 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 If you get on the Barton site you can get a list of people who tutor with Barton. Some Skype if there aren't any in your area. You should also look for tutors that are trained in OG based systems in general. Also check if there is a Scottish Rite near you. Sometimes they can help. And you might consider trying to tutor him yourself in something like Barton or Wilson or one of the other OG Based systems. High Noon has worked for others here as well. Barton is the most user friendly for a layman but the others are good systems. Whatever you do, you might consider giving him the student screening on the Barton website. It is free, does not take much time, and is not that hard to administer. It doesn't test for dyslexia. It determines if a child/adult can successfully work through an OG based systems or if they have some deficits that have to be addressed first through a program like LiPS or Foundations in Sound. If you give the screening, you will need to do the tutor screening first. Again, easy to do. Just make sure that the area for the screening is quiet, there won't be any interruptions, you don't have to rush, you/student is well rested, not hungry, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VickiW Posted June 20, 2017 Author Share Posted June 20, 2017 If you get on the Barton site you can get a list of people who tutor with Barton. Some Skype if there aren't any in your area. You should also look for tutors that are trained in OG based systems in general. Also check if there is a Scottish Rite near you. Sometimes they can help. And you might consider trying to tutor him yourself in something like Barton or Wilson or one of the other OG Based systems. High Noon has worked for others here as well. Barton is the most user friendly for a layman but the others are good systems. Whatever you do, you might consider giving him the student screening on the Barton website. It is free, does not take much time, and is not that hard to administer. It doesn't test for dyslexia. It determines if a child/adult can successfully work through an OG based systems or if they have some deficits that have to be addressed first through a program like LiPS or Foundations in Sound. If you give the screening, you will need to do the tutor screening first. Again, easy to do. Just make sure that the area for the screening is quiet, there won't be any interruptions, you don't have to rush, you/student is well rested, not hungry, etc. And I have done both the teacher screen and the student screen on the Barton site at your prompting before. It may come down to this. The more I learn about it, the more I'm thinking my 6 year old would benefit too. DS might enjoy interacting with someone other with me for a while. I know I could use a break. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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