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Date Posted: 20:56:37 09/18/02 Wed
Author: Liann
Subject: Any of you have a dyslexic child or a child with writing problems?

HELP!!
We started school last week and ever since my 9 1/2 yo son (4th gr) has complained any time that he has to write. He still reverses letters and numbers in reading and writing. I know that there are a lot of relatives on his bio. dad's side with dyslexia. I also found out that my aunt and cousin have it. I am considering having Gabriel tested with a special SOI (Structure of Intellect) testing which is done by a homeschooling center not too far away.

He is the one who loves inventions. He is the reason that we specifically picked PP vol. 2. I am just wondering if any of you have dealt with this or have any suggestions. Sharon, I thought that maybe you would be of some help since you are the author of the curriculum. We really really need to focus on math and writing this year. He is behind in both skills. It is the physical issue of writing rather than the creativity that is the problem. Spelling is a problem too and he gets frustrated with that too. His reading has improved dramatically since last year. He is reading The Boxcar Children now and read Childhood of Famous Americans, Thomas A. Edision this summer. It took him the whole summer to get through the book, but it was worth it. He doesn't read for pleasure like my 8 yo. son.

Usually Gabriel can be found working on an invention or riding his bike or scooter. He is very good mechanically and has already been taking bikes apart and putting them back together.

My question is what have you done with this problem. His eyes are often red and kind of glassy looking. He has had a through eye exam with tracking included, but it showed no problems. I am thinking that maybe he has a visual processing problem of some sort. I don't know if any of you are familiar with hand/eye dominance, but he is right handed and sites with his left eye. From what I have learned that means that handwriting is not automatic for him. According to the specialist Dianne Craft who talks about this, He needs to stop writing for 3-6 months in order to work on a special exercise. How can I do that and still work on school work? We pulled him from school in first grade because he was struggling then and started a year behind at the time. We have been working hard, but he is still struggling. Anyway, just wondered if any of you could help and specifically if any of you knew how to tweak the curriculum. Thanks.

Blessings,
Liann

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here's what I would do ... -- Kris in TN, 05:31:47 09/19/02 Thu
We deal with the same thing -- Sharon, 07:37:20 09/19/02 Thu
- Re: We deal with the same thing -- Liann, 20:45:53 09/19/02 Thu