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Date Posted: 18:54:39 05/04/12 Fri
My younger daughter is almost 4 years old. I'm almost sure my girl is dyslexic. But she is too young to test. Using the same techniques I used with her older sister, I've had very little traction with getting her to write her name. Something she has desperately wants to do. She has amazing ability to come up with excuses and cover stories.
After teaching her Sunday school class, I was stricken when she couldn't even trace the letters I wrote out for her when she tried. Intense facial expression. Not even close to the letters she was trying to trace. Google gave me dyslexia to look into.
We've had issues with her behavior. Getting lost while following directions, disobedient fits, lying, and the creation of the baby persona (she decides she's a baby and acts like one to get out of doing things). All things also associated with dyslexia, sequencing and frustration. She has awesome days and terrible ones, very little in between. If you have any ideas on how to help here, please share.
My father is dyslexic, struggled for many years, learned to read in fifth grade. I am dyslexic, struggled, started to read in fourth grade. I don't want her to have to struggle when I know how to reach her. Both my father and I developed coping techniques and later excelled. I spent a number of years tutoring middle school and teaching in early childhood.
In two weeks, she has shown better progress with multiple sensory actives and using a dyslexic friendly font than she had in the last two years. With the dyslexic font, she saw the middle letters of her name for the first time, and she said, "this is awesome." She is happier than ever.
Before I go on my crusade to get her kindergarten ready in this next year, I was hoping for a formal diagnosis. She is too young to test. However, the earlier its diagnosed, the quicker she'll be able to keep up with her peers. My biggest concern is I get her caught up and she won't get services in school because she isn't behind. I just can't imagine not working with her to catch her up and increase her confidence, but if she would be better off being classified and tested, I can hold off (a little).
So what's more important? Starting early or testing positive for dyslexia later?
*My older daughter starts kindergarten this summer at a year round charter school that focuses on project based curriculum with integrated arts. My younger (dyslexic) would be starting in 2013.
**I have an appointment to verify her eyesight and hearing, one more time.
Thanks in advance for reading this.
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