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Frustrated 12 year old son

Author:
Pauls

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Date Posted: 14:29:53 09/29/10 Wed

My son is 12 years old and he has never been tested for dyslexia. He has been to numerous Educational psycologists and developmental peadiatricians (he also took Concerta for a while) we were always told he has a learning disability and that he was ADD. In 1st grade he struggled to read and memorize the dolch words.

He is in 6th grade now and everyday is a struggle for him, his reading has improved but he still does not read fluently and struggles with certain words he does not always comprehend what he reads. He struggles to use his vocab words in context, he does not enjoy language arts or writing assigned stories, poems ect. HE comes home with language arts homework that he says he does not understand, although the teacher explained the work to the class. Both of us are getting frustrated and it feels as if we are drowning in a sea of language worksheets and vocab. What can I as a frustrated parent do to help my very frustrated son, without doing his work for him?

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Re: Frustrated 12 year old son	Karen (Teacher)	01:09:25 10/03/10 Sun