Good luck Meg-meg! Your DD's reading issues sound very similar to my DS7. He _can_ read well but gives up quickly - especially with small, dense print.

He doesn't do well with puzzles and has a hard time picking out objects in a cluttered background (didn't find anything during my very easy Easter hunt this year).

We've only done 6 weeks so far of VT, so hard to say if it's helping. We're going to re-evaluate after around 12 weeks.