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[amandallf]

Hello

I realise that 6 for my ds might be young to be worried about dyslexia, but I am wondering if anyone here can recommend any programs or if anyone has used Barton program or Brainskills. I am just looking into them.
Amanda

[elizawill]

i'm sorry, i don't have any help. i just wanted to bump this thread for you

btw - what are your concerns??

[Cavy]

Has the child had their vision tested? I know 2 girls who read very badly until age 7-8yo when it was realised that they needed reading glasses; then their reading took off.

How non-reading is the child? I still think of 6yo as the average age when reading starts to click, so 6 is still quite little.

[AAK]

Barton is supposed to be awesome. It is an orton-gilliham type program and seems to have great results. It is expensive though. A less expensive option is to work through reading reflex (a book, most likely available at your library). This is the phono-graphix method. This book also has simple assessments parents use to see if their child has basic phoenomic awareness. Currently, I am using reading reflex with my dd and see definite progress. I had to slow myself down (as I am used to working with someone who just 'gets it' right away) but now that I did, we are doing well. I also recommend the dyslexia support group on yahoo. The people have been very helpful there.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/dyslexiasupport2/
Oh, btw Reading Reflex isn't only for dyslexics and can be used as the primary way to teach any child to read. Read the first three chapters first.

Amy

[onyxravnos]

I agree she is a little young to worry a lot of 'holistic' forms of homeschooling don't really start teaching kids to read until they are about 7yrs.

why do you think it might be dyslexia? perhaps try some different forms of learning to read.... for instance I personally wasn't able to learn with phonics and needed a whole word approach in order to read. maybe something more hands on? whole word learning? phonics? skip the worksheets? just back off for a bit and read to her?

[mugglemom]

My younger daughter is dyslexic, and we noticed differences in her language development long before the typical ages for reading. Things like difficulty with rhyming and the inability to come up with the word she wanted. For example, she often couldn't recall the name of an object and would give a long description until you guessed it correctly. She knew the the word she wanted; she just couldn't pull it out of her brain. If you notice other language difficulties -- I think there's a list on Susan Barton's website -- you might want to look into testing. But late reading alone doesn't necessarily mean dyslexia.

We've been using Barton for a few months and I think it's a great program. Very thorough -- actually too thorough for our needs. We're now going to switch to All About Spelling (another Orton-Gillingham-based program), since DD's issues mostly affect writing rather than reading. But a friend's daughter, who has more severe dyslexia, has shown great progress with it.

HTH,
Margie

[kittie313]

My oldest is 6yo and also dyslexic. There are a lot of signs of dyslexia that aren't related to reading, and almost every single one of those signs my oldest has. But she doesn't have so much trouble with reading, which was a real surprise to us with the dyslexia. Our teaching her to read is an interesting path but she's making progress. She's definitely NOT her sister who is reading easy readers (like those step numbered books at WalMart) at 5yo while my oldest struggles with Bob books. We're getting there though, we use a combination of Hooked On Phonics, Explode the Code, and k12 Phonics K to teach our oldest (the second dd is just doing k12 phonics)

[rjmom]

My son recently was tested and found to be dyslexic. We don't home school but he does attend a democratic school that does not have a "language" program so to say.

I'm toying with the idea to send him to a tutor and do the Wilson program but if from what I'm reading here is true a home system might work. I am going to try the yahoo group listed in the PP.

But any homeschoolers have recommendations for an at home program.

We have hooked on phonics but the Wilson center tolds me not to do anything because he will be confussed.....not sure if this is for cash or the truth.....any ideas?