@GetInTheCar I am a mom of two kiddos with dyslexia. One is diagnosed severe the other dyslexia. Getting the intervention they need as early as possible is key. We are in a fabulous public school but they were not doing enough. Our school disctrict uses the Wilson Method and they would do intervention 30 minutes 4 times a week. I called Wilson Method and they explained it needed to be administered 5x a week for much longer of a time epsecially in a group setting (which ours was). So for sure research what your school is providing and if it is not enough move the child. We ended up moving to St. Francis school in Austin because of their learning center so our kids could get one on one intervention for their dyslexia and finish the program before 8th grade. If my kids had been younger when I figured this out I would have done all I could to send them to a dyslexia specific school. We have one in the city I live in. I know this is overwhelming but these kids are so gifted in other ways. Helping them to know about famous people or people they look up to with dyslexia helps their mental state.
Later - when mine got to highschool I hired tutors who have dyslexia. My kids needed study skills which are very different for people with dyslexia than those without. So having college kids with dyslexia just study with them helped a ton. They figured out the best ways for their brains to study.
One thing I can say is kids with dyslexia have grit from such a yough age. They learn how to work very hard and not to give up. But protecting their love for themselves is super important. Its very hard for them to not feel stupid in the American classroom. Also make sure all reading intensive subjects are in the morning. Their brains have to work so hard that by the afternoon they are basically done. (This is for middle school and on).
