Ginity - good idea about the math paper. My son did this. Some kids like to use graph paper for the same reason - but ds found it too busy. When he was especially tired, I'd copy the problems onto the paper to help him get started.
mimmy - is she in a US public school? Have you made a special ed referral and requested a full evaluation? Schools MUST evaluate in all areas of suspected disability if they get a referral - even if they think the child is too smart or the mother is crazy!! While I much prefer private evaluations to school because of their independent and diagnostic nature, schools need only to "consider" independent evaluations. It makes sense to get the school evaluations going - hope that they are of decent quality and that they will indicate remedial reading help and accommodations. You can still have the independent evaluation lined up to go in after to expand on the results, give you a diagnosis and offer a more independent interpretation.
www.wrightslaw.com offers great info about the special ed process
http://concordspedpac.org/RequestEval.htm contains a template for a letter
