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Originally Posted by RayinPenn
Thanks for the many thoughtful responses - you have given me much to think about. I will let him choose what we read next but I'll provide the choices; I've found some diverse book lists that are recommended for HS students.
He and I both can spare 30 - 40 minutes each day; it's true I do have to wrestle him off his games but it hasn't been to bad - apparently Tolkien provides some interest. The trick will be to keep that interest going.
I don't think he has any disability - prior reading test have been fine. So did he just color in Christmas tree in the boxes? I'll never know.
I've always felt read, read then read some more but I like to read.
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I HATE the word disability. People who know me well, know why. I think that we all learn differently. Our oldest daughters closest childhood friend was discovered to have Dyslexia and she added listening to tapes of her books from then on. She has two degrees and is currently working on her third at the age of fifty. She is an intensive care nurse at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati and she is not only brilliant but so emotionally perceptive
It isn't that you can't read at all when you have Dyslexia. You just see and process the letters differently.
Young people learn in so many ways.
But if warmth and caring is involved...they all do a better job.