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Subject: Input/advice on teaching dyslexic adult to read

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Serena (pondering)

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Date Posted: 17:48:19 10/06/10 Wed

I am tutoring a 21yo who passionately wants to pass the ASVAB to go into the military. In school, they handed him a calculator early and have been reading everything to him since he was young. I was a math teacher but had subbed a lot in various LD classes. I am spending probably 10 hours a week tutoring him in math and reading (and soon science and mechanics). A month ago he was convinced he couldn't read bu when I heard him try to read sample vocabulary questions i realized that there were too many words in each sentence he couldn't read so he had no chance to use context skills. So i suggested that he go back to a level that had some tough words but mostly works he could read. He is reading Vampirates (level 6.2 - young adult) now (at home)and underlines the words he doesn't know. He tells me what he has read and then I read it to him. Most of the time he recognizes the words he underlined and can tell me what it means. I am thrilled that he can understand the vast majority of what he is reading. He is amazed and ecstatic that he can read!!! He is able to read the math problems and instructions now. There is still a lot to learn and he'd like to take the test in 2 months. I am in no means a professional in the english/reading area, so I would love feedback on what we can do to get him up another couple of grades in a couple of months. So, is there anything I'm missing that I should be doing or any suggestions? I do plan on giving him a short list of parts of words to memorize so he doesn't have to sound out words so extensively. I am SOOOOOO proud of him and want to do the best for him. Are there good free resources? I have already spent money on ASVAB materials and since I'm not being paid for this I can't afford to order software and lots of resource material. So any help or feedback will be appreciated. Thanks.

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