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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 399880" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>I have 5 kids. Oldest boy read at age 3. He is now a 20 year old college dropout who works as a delivery guy for a restaurant. He had lead poisoning which screwed him up to a large degree. My only daughter was in the gifted K class. Then we moved to a higher rated district with no gifted classes till late middle school. She barely read till age 8 despite having a 154 verbal IQ. She's a junior in college now, honor roll, studying to become a Special Education teacher. I freaked out over her (also lead poisoned) but she read when she was ready. difficult child, now 16, had severe speech issues and did not speak clearly till the end of 1st grade. He barely read until the beginning of grade 3 and then he went literally from Hop on Pop to Harry Potter overnight. He takes Honors/AP and did so well on his PSAT recently that the district superintendent actually commented on it to H when he saw him in the supermarket.</p><p></p><p>Next child actually IS dyselxic (as is H). We put him into K at age 4 (long story short, our SD refused to put him in pre-K because our income was too high and his former private pre-K had no room except in its K program) and mother in law, who used to pick him up and help him with HW) actually picked up on his dyslexia. He made virtually all letters backwards, not just the usual suspects of b and D; his g's, r's, e's, all backwards. He's 14 now and still makes Y's backwards which is a problem because he has one in his name. I had him repeat K with his age cohort and that helped a bit but in first grade, I demanded testing. They tried to put me off by saying LDs aren't usually diagnosed till 3rd grade, but I knew he was dyslexic. The kid has an amazing memory, very verbal, outgoing, no reason why he couldn't read, except dyslexia. I got them to classify him and give him Orton-Gillingham starting in grade 2, after a few months, they switched to Wilson and he now (9th grade) reads at or above grade level. However, I can't put him into Honors classes even though his verbal IQ is identical to difficult child's (both over 130) because he can't keep up.</p><p></p><p>Youngest was thought to be Learning Disability (LD). Turned out he has a pretty severe visual issue. He is extremely near-sighted in one eye and farsighted in the other. Since we got him bifocals 2 years ago and vision therapy, his reading has improved but he still has an aide to help him with writing. I think a lot of it is lack of confidence combined with the fact that the SD is willing to drop any assistance on me because I didn't sue them over their treatment of difficult child in 6th grade. </p><p></p><p>In Keyana's case, some of it could be that she is youngish, I would look for Learning Disability (LD)'s if there is a family history of it (that's the thing that got my son looked out younger than usual), some of it could be just normal variations in children's development (e.g., my daughter), have you checked her vision (the best eye doctor in town misdiagnosed my youngest, try a certified vision therapist), she could just not be interested yet, it could be a low level of ADHD, there are many issues.</p><p></p><p>I would keep an eye on it but she is still young. I read at 3 but do not recall having to do anything in K other than fingerpaint and play games in K. My mother says that I used to come home from K and tell her that it was so stupid, all we did was fingerpaint and sing songs and play games and when were we going to LEARN something? As I grew up, I despised art, music and gym classes as I stank at all of those activities and never took more than the bare minimum but because they didn't relate to the core subjects, nobody ever said "oh, she must have an Learning Disability (LD) in art, music or gym!" which I probably do - I can't carry a tune, draw a straight line or play a sport or dance but those things are ok because they don't relate to reading.</p><p></p><p>Sorry to ramble, I guess the bottom line is - IF you suspect an Learning Disability (LD), get on it asap and if not, it's probably just developmental.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 399880, member: 3493"] I have 5 kids. Oldest boy read at age 3. He is now a 20 year old college dropout who works as a delivery guy for a restaurant. He had lead poisoning which screwed him up to a large degree. My only daughter was in the gifted K class. Then we moved to a higher rated district with no gifted classes till late middle school. She barely read till age 8 despite having a 154 verbal IQ. She's a junior in college now, honor roll, studying to become a Special Education teacher. I freaked out over her (also lead poisoned) but she read when she was ready. difficult child, now 16, had severe speech issues and did not speak clearly till the end of 1st grade. He barely read until the beginning of grade 3 and then he went literally from Hop on Pop to Harry Potter overnight. He takes Honors/AP and did so well on his PSAT recently that the district superintendent actually commented on it to H when he saw him in the supermarket. Next child actually IS dyselxic (as is H). We put him into K at age 4 (long story short, our SD refused to put him in pre-K because our income was too high and his former private pre-K had no room except in its K program) and mother in law, who used to pick him up and help him with HW) actually picked up on his dyslexia. He made virtually all letters backwards, not just the usual suspects of b and D; his g's, r's, e's, all backwards. He's 14 now and still makes Y's backwards which is a problem because he has one in his name. I had him repeat K with his age cohort and that helped a bit but in first grade, I demanded testing. They tried to put me off by saying LDs aren't usually diagnosed till 3rd grade, but I knew he was dyslexic. The kid has an amazing memory, very verbal, outgoing, no reason why he couldn't read, except dyslexia. I got them to classify him and give him Orton-Gillingham starting in grade 2, after a few months, they switched to Wilson and he now (9th grade) reads at or above grade level. However, I can't put him into Honors classes even though his verbal IQ is identical to difficult child's (both over 130) because he can't keep up. Youngest was thought to be Learning Disability (LD). Turned out he has a pretty severe visual issue. He is extremely near-sighted in one eye and farsighted in the other. Since we got him bifocals 2 years ago and vision therapy, his reading has improved but he still has an aide to help him with writing. I think a lot of it is lack of confidence combined with the fact that the SD is willing to drop any assistance on me because I didn't sue them over their treatment of difficult child in 6th grade. In Keyana's case, some of it could be that she is youngish, I would look for Learning Disability (LD)'s if there is a family history of it (that's the thing that got my son looked out younger than usual), some of it could be just normal variations in children's development (e.g., my daughter), have you checked her vision (the best eye doctor in town misdiagnosed my youngest, try a certified vision therapist), she could just not be interested yet, it could be a low level of ADHD, there are many issues. I would keep an eye on it but she is still young. I read at 3 but do not recall having to do anything in K other than fingerpaint and play games in K. My mother says that I used to come home from K and tell her that it was so stupid, all we did was fingerpaint and sing songs and play games and when were we going to LEARN something? As I grew up, I despised art, music and gym classes as I stank at all of those activities and never took more than the bare minimum but because they didn't relate to the core subjects, nobody ever said "oh, she must have an Learning Disability (LD) in art, music or gym!" which I probably do - I can't carry a tune, draw a straight line or play a sport or dance but those things are ok because they don't relate to reading. Sorry to ramble, I guess the bottom line is - IF you suspect an Learning Disability (LD), get on it asap and if not, it's probably just developmental. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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