What about his writing? Fast Forward has been really successful with some of our kids with certain types of visual problems. Has 'dyslexia' been consiered. Especially if he is highly verbal. Dyslexic kids tend to have high verbal skills and fantastic coping/management skills. I have a very close friend with a dyslexic son, fantastically bright kid but cannot read. Just a thought, somewhere to go with it, but I would be really interested to know about your son's spelling. I feel positive that a specialist diagnosis would find the problem for you so that the most successful 'intervention' can take place to support your son. S
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:02 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Off Topic But Replys Appreciated Hi Everyone, Sorry about this off topic response but you're the best resource that I have right now. My son is going into the 4th grade. He has already repeated Kindergarten because he wasn't "developmentally ready". His DRA score at the end of 3rd grade was an early 2nd. His ScanTron test (if you're familiar with it) also indicated trouble in reading. I'm not stupid, I know that there is a problem but I teach 5th grade and have been not so patiently waiting to see what was going to happen. He's done summer camps etc. NOW...our school is looking into an online program called "Let's Go Learn". His evaluation shows that his oral vocabulary is high 4th grade, but his word recognition is low 1st grade. Doesn't this scream visual tracking and/or perception problem to you? I'm too close to the subject. He doesn't like school or reading, but I can understand why. Any comments on the subject? Thanks, Michele **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
