Thanks for your response. It is comforting knowing you understand and that your child struggles to write, too. To some degree, I wonder if it is, in part, a gender thing. Boys generally do not like to write that much, in my experience. And slow writing may be due to perfectionism, right?
I keep wondering if he really does also have dyslexia. It seems so weird that she said he DID and then said he did NOT.
If he does not have dyslexia, why is spelling soo hard for him?
He spells "used" "uesed", "cried" "cryed"-despite years of intense phonics instruction and spelling programs.
Is the PAL test a good indicator of dyslexia? Did she do the "right" tests to rule dyslexia in or out?
And even if I don't know if he is dyslexic or not, I am not sure knowing really matters, because I am going to be teaching spelling to him using an Orton Gillingham method, ie I am treating him as if he IS dyslexic. I am just thinking outloud and wondering how important it is for me to KNOW FOR SURE if he has dyslexia or not.
Last edited by Suzanne; 06/09/09 06:18 PM.
