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Absolutely!! She will be evaluated before Thanksgiving. I don't plan on sharing with the Pediatrician until ALL testing by the "other professionals" is done!!

Thank You Thank You Thank You!!! This has been a 4 struggle thus far!! This could be the key we have searched for?! (try to be cautiously optimistic!)

Are there any "In the mean time" accomodations the teacher could make? She seems very willing!

Oh my that does sound like DS10!!!! He has always had such trouble copying anything and I'd get so frustrated with him and wonder why on earth when it was right in front of him, he just couldn't copy it right!!!!! Imagine how guilty I felt when I learned he literally couldn't copy it right. <sigh> The vision therapy helped him tremendously, especially in the perception area - he tested 100% in that after therapy!!! I think he needs more help in the tracking area but he burned out after 6 months of therapy and we've had some other things going on that have kept us from going back. I am hopeful to get him retested in a few weeks and see if he does need more therapy for the tracking. It is WAY better than it was, but I think he could maybe use some more help and since it has already helped so much, I'd like to see it all the way through. Anyway, I hope you find a good doctor near you and that you get some answers. Keep us posted!!!

I didn't see your last post. My DS10's teacher was fantastic last year. She let him have extra time to do tests and other assignments if needed, also I came up with graph sheets for his math assignments since he had such trouble lining numbers up. The graph sheets really helped him keep the numbers in line. She checked his agenda to make sure he had copied everything down properly since he had such trouble with copying and basically she was just fantastic about helping anyway she could. Definitely take advantage of this if the teacher is willing to help!

As I said in a previous post, I am trying to be cautiously optimistic...but now I border on...."THIS IS IT!!!"

EandC - I do know the guilt. We have been told that we needed parenting classes to "handle her" (not so), that she needed more spankings (NOT DOING THAT), That we have too high expectations and she is just lazy and slow. I KNEW that she needed none of these things and that she most definitely was NOT slow or lazy.

She is a "people pleaser" and I know that it just breaks her heart when she doesn't measure up to academic and peer expectations. She beats herself up over what she "can't do" and is now fabricating scenarios for what she thinks people want to hear, such as I got the training wheels off and I ride my bike. Well, yes training wheels are off, but she is scared to death of it now and doesn't ride it. She is 7 and it hurts that the 4 year old next door is riding his bike. We are told that this has to do with her visual issues as well.

Do I feel guilty? More that I care to admit. I am just hoping that this is the right path for her and that she her skills can catch up to what she holds in her mind. I KNOW she is quite bright.

Again, Thank you for your responses!!!!

Thank you so much for that link!!! I took DD8 to 2 diff. drs last yr thinking maybe vision was the reason for reading difficulties. Both said her vision was fine then she failed the school screening this year. Maybe it's gotten bad in a year but she has some other issues as well with school (she's not my HG kid). There is a dr less than 1 mile away! I'm so excited to call on Monday for an appt. I just have hope that based on her issues, we might find some answers there.

Steph

I hope this information is as useful to you as I hope it is for me!

Good Luck!!!

Okay, count us in. Finally decided to give it a try and DS8 started vision therapy this past Thursday. We also bought the "HTS Computerized Home Vision Therapy." He loved the in office visit, but had a hard time with the home version. It wasn't adjusted for him yet, so it's possible it was longer than it would have been. Here's hoping. All the professionals I spoke to said it's untested, probably bogus - but based upon the personal experiences I've read about here, I figured might as well try it. Worth the $$$ if it works. Also, I was thinking about what makes my DS tired - writing, math computation which involves writing, finding the little pieces in big tubs of pieces at robotics... Hmmmmm.

I would rather try this and than jump on the "give the kid a pill" bandwagon right away. (not "fightin' words for those who have chosen medication)

Hope it works out for your DS - questions!! My dd7 gets evaluated in two weeks!! I can't wait!

Thanks. We are homeschooling using a teacher and she sees "serious attention issues" that revolve around writing. I've also been told that perhaps the problem is he's not challenged. He quite clearly says he's bored and the work is too easy and repetitive and that he can't help it, his brain shuts off on the boring stuff. We're in the same boat, it seems.

Good luck to you, too.