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From:	lisa in CO (75.173.253.231)
Subject:	Re: Help @ wits end. Homeschooling dyslexia 10 yr old
Date:	January 1, 2009 at 10:39 pm PST

In Reply to: Help @ wits end. Homeschooling dyslexia 10 yr old posted by Nicole on October 20, 2008 at 3:01 pm:

Hi there--
I so understand this! My 10 year old son is dysgraphic, and
somewhat dyslexic as well, but is finally, reading at grade level
(after 5 years of very hard work on his part and mine). I found
Dianne Craft's materials VERY helpful. My son is taking a few fatty
acid supplements that she recommends, and he's a good sport
about it most of the time. We've done the stretching exercises and
the written "lazy eight" exercise for a few months, and honestly,
within 6 weeks the reversals in his written letters were GONE. He
was previously reversing an average of 1 in 9 letters. Spelling is
still hard,and he isn't writing sentences very well yet, but we are
thrilled with the progress made so far. Dianne Craft has a website,
and her Brain Integration Therapy Manual is in many public
libraries.

I'm a mom of 5, so I've made plenty of mistakes, but I think I'd just
split the time between them for the subjects that need a lot of
help, and try to do some subjects as read alouds together. My
struggling learner is the youngest, so he doesn't have younger
siblings surpassing him, but the older kids have been ignored
when I've spent lots of time with him. I'm SO thankful that I've
kept him at home. He's developed good listening and memory
skills, I think because reading has been so hard, and we encourage
him in the areas in which he excels--currently playing hockey and
the game Blokus--and I finally realized that having academic
superstars isn't the only sign of successful homeschooling.

I hope I've said something helpful.
Best wishes to you
lisa

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