You have to diagnose, without that you're blowing smoke.  Find someone 
who is certified in this area.  Go through a local school or college, 
there are independent ones.

Andrea

On Mar 29, 2007, at 4:31 PM, KMcDonal at ccclib.org wrote:


>

> Hi all --

>         As Susan's reply suggests, Christine's student may need a lot 

> more than encouragement and tapes and accommodations.  So many of our 

> students who read at "about third or fourth grade" were able to 

> memorize all the words they needed in the early grades, but never got 

> the "code" that everyone else got.  Some students figure it out 

> intuitively, others have been taught.  But the dyslexic students 

> usually need a very different kind of instruction than is offered in 

> our elementary schools.  Asking someone try to do college work with a 

> third grade reading level seems almost abusive.  

>         I heard an oral surgeon talk twenty years ago at a conference. 

>  She had gotten through ALL those years of school by memorizing every 

> word.  She knew everyone else was doing something more efficient, but 

> she didn't know what.  So she went to an adult literacy program -- 

> somewhere in southern California, I think.    They tested her decoding 

> skills with nonsense words and found she functioned at the second 

> grade level.  

>         She was thriving with a small group using the Texas Scottish 

> Rites program.  I think any Orton Gillingham program would have worked 

> for her. She needed phonemic awareness, segmentation, and then rules. 

>  And practice. All those years of schooling would have been a heck of 

> a lot easier for her if she'd had a year or two of appropriate reading 

> instruction first.                          Kathie McDonald, Tutor 

> Learner Coordinator

>                                 Project Second Chance Adult Literacy 

> Program, Contra Costa County Library, CA

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> "Cimilluca, Christine" <CCimillu at coedu.usf.edu>

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> I'm looking for assistance for a 23 year old mom with an LD.  She is 

> an avid reader, but tests very low (2nd or 3rd grade) in reading and 

> writing levels.  She would like to pursue her degree at a local 

> college.  

>

> Can anyone recommend workbooks, books, DVD's, etc. that she could use 

> to prepare herself at home?  She's bright, motivated, works hard and 

> is uncomfortable about re-entering school.

>

>      Christine

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