Another Question

February 26, 2006

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> how effective is DMPS cream?

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That hasn't been studied. Oral DMPS works fine, is less expensive,

and less risky.

J

> thanks again.

> janey

>

March 1, 2006

In a message dated 3/1/2006 1:08:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,

beachbodytan2002@... writes:

He can't hear the sounds of the letters of a word to try to spell

them. He is doing very well with math, science, social studies.

Thanks for reading. - Rose

You should look at Dyslexia. You teach people with dyslexia in particular

ways because they do not hear the individual sounds, cannot break words apart

or put them together, cannot read fluently, etc. He may not need all that

reading tutoring if you have a specific program being used such as orton

gillingham. Just " general reading help " may not be good enough. More of the

same

that isn't working isn't a good solution.

Roxanna ô¿ô

Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

March 1, 2006

Dyslexia should be diagnosed by a reading specialist, not an OT.

Orton-Gillingham is an approach used to teach children with dyslexia. Pete

, a

very well known special education lawyer, starts out his boot camps with the

story of how he had SEVERE dyslexia as a child and was lucky enough to have

parents who were ahead of their time. He was tutuored by one of the original

founders of the Orton-Gillingham approach and he grew up to be a lawyer.

_What is the Orton-Gillingham Approach?_

(http://www.ortonacademy.org/approach.html)

March 1, 2006

Yes, Roxanna! that is exactly what I've been telling the school. instead they

give me more strategies to do with him. " It's not working " !!!! They gave him an

O.T. eval and she said its not dyslexia & when she asked him to copy something

she said he did o.k. (I'm not satisfied with that). Is there an outside place

I can take him to to test him for dyslexia?. I'm waiting for Faxton to call us

back. should I ask the speech therapist to test him for dyslexia? if its that,

at least we would have another way of teaching him. Who should I ask to test

him for dyslexia? please don't say the school. Should I also take him for a

hearing test? if yes, what kind? He can hear. is there a special hearing test

that he can take? What is Orton Gillingham? I do know that more of the same

thing is not going to work. It hasn't worked yet. he can't read fluently but

learned to memorize a story by looking at the pictures which can fool the

teacher into thinking he can read. but, give

him a new book, he reads like a pre-k. any advise I will try! I'm going to

look into " orton gillingham " I've never heard of this but I will find out

anything I can & try it. thank you - Rose

kneeleee@... wrote:

In a message dated 3/1/2006 1:08:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,

beachbodytan2002@... writes:

He can't hear the sounds of the letters of a word to try to spell

them. He is doing very well with math, science, social studies.

Thanks for reading. - Rose

You should look at Dyslexia. You teach people with dyslexia in particular

ways because they do not hear the individual sounds, cannot break words apart

or put them together, cannot read fluently, etc. He may not need all that

reading tutoring if you have a specific program being used such as orton

gillingham. Just " general reading help " may not be good enough. More of the

same

that isn't working isn't a good solution.

Roxanna ô¿ô

Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

March 1, 2006

>

> I'm going to look into " orton gillingham " I've never heard of

this but I will find out anything I can & try it. thank you - Rose

>

Hi Rose

Orton Gillingham is a multi-modal structured method of teaching

reading. It focuses on teaching the sound/symbol correspondences in a

very systematic fashion and has been proven to be very successful

with individuals who have difficulty learning to read. Your schoold

district ought to be able to help you with getting this kind of help

for your son. The LD resource teacher can do the kind of testing that

would highlight this kind of problem - there are many standardized

tests of reading achievement that would document a reading difficulty.

Hope this was of some help.

Trish

March 1, 2006

This was very helpful. Thank you

drexel459 <trish459@...> wrote: