while his reading and writing speed and ability is flying along in leaps and bounds he is still expressing frustration and showing a roller coaster-type love/hate relationship to reading and writing.
What specifically is he doing that appears as a love/hate relationship with reading and writing? I've had two children who struggled with reading (one is 2e and her ability masked her struggle for quite awhile) - but in both cases what I learned along the way is that there isn't just "one dyslexia" or one type of reading challenge etc - there are *so* many different abilities and skills that go into reading and writing. It could be he's simply experiencing typical 6 year old development - not all kids jump into love of reading right away - for our ds who has always been a *way* ahead of grade level capable reader (once he got around to learning to read lol)... he didn't really fall into "loving" reading until somewhere halfway through 4th grade.
OTOH, it could be that there is a real challenge your ds is dealing with. If you could post some more specifics, some of us here who have children who've been through reading evals might have some advice based on our experiences. Without knowing more specifics, my advice is that - if your gut feeling is telling you that something is up and out of the realm of ordinary reading development, have your ds evaluated by a reading specialist. There are so many different skills that might be impacted, and knowing where the challenge is is very important in determining a plan for how to help the child overcome the challenge.
Best wishes,
polarbear
ps - I'll also second the advice re audiobooks, no matter what the challenge is. It's important (or at least a good thing!) to have reading-challenged children listen to books that are at their intellectual level of comprehension even if they aren't reading at that level yet.
