Hello. I'm a Masters-certified Barton Reading & Spelling tutor in private practice in Northern Virginia. My now-20-year-old son was my first student in 2013. Have you ever offered your tutors dyslexia training? If not, please consider it. I've given several public talks - at my local library, homeschool co-ops, and my children's former preschool about the topic so parents can recognize the warning signs.
I have no doubt that all of your adult students fit the profile. I've written about how the public schools fail students with dyslexia for a decade. This is my blog: https://blog.readwritespellright.com/
Hi Kimberly, thanks for your comment. You’re doing amazing work! I love your blog.
Yes, I assume most of our students are dyslexic. We do have students who simply never went to school, but we treat all of our students as if they are dyslexic, as they are ALL in need of highly explicit, methodical instruction, with lots of repetition.
Our training briefly covers dyslexia as one of the more likely reasons for the students’ difficulties. Beyond that I’m not sure of the benefit in spending more time on it, as the tutors don’t diagnose or identify.
(I would love it if GED teachers across the country heard your lecture, as I think many of them have no idea and are easily distracted by a student’s coping strategies. It’s not uncommon to have a student referred to me with the comment, “He’s so smart and involved in class discussion, but fails every test.” And the student has been in the GED class for years.)
What a great idea Larissa! Any idea on how I could make that happen? I have a full load of students whose parents can afford to pay my fees (this is my full-time job), but the injustice of our public school system, which fails these students over and over again, boils my blood.
My son and I were grocery shopping on Sunday and I saw his 1st/2nd grade teacher. I'm sure she recognized me, but I didn't approach her. I'm not confrontational, but part of me wanted to ask if she finally got up to speed about the most common reason elementary schoolers struggle with reading. She had no interest in learning about dyslexia in 2013.
In fact, she sat my son out of class in second grade when he told her he couldn't find the word 'elephant' in the dictionary. Garrett has ADHD, which my husband and I didn't medicate, and it was easier for her to believe that he was misbehaving. I didn't learn about this until he was homeschooling and nearing the end of his Barton remediation.
This system perpetrates educational malpractice on a daily basis. Any tutor, GED teacher or educator who works with students of any age needs to understand dyslexia. Sadly, the majority of them blame the student.
Hello. I'm a Masters-certified Barton Reading & Spelling tutor in private practice in Northern Virginia. My now-20-year-old son was my first student in 2013. Have you ever offered your tutors dyslexia training? If not, please consider it. I've given several public talks - at my local library, homeschool co-ops, and my children's former preschool about the topic so parents can recognize the warning signs.
I have no doubt that all of your adult students fit the profile. I've written about how the public schools fail students with dyslexia for a decade. This is my blog: https://blog.readwritespellright.com/
Hi Kimberly, thanks for your comment. You’re doing amazing work! I love your blog.
Yes, I assume most of our students are dyslexic. We do have students who simply never went to school, but we treat all of our students as if they are dyslexic, as they are ALL in need of highly explicit, methodical instruction, with lots of repetition.
Our training briefly covers dyslexia as one of the more likely reasons for the students’ difficulties. Beyond that I’m not sure of the benefit in spending more time on it, as the tutors don’t diagnose or identify.
(I would love it if GED teachers across the country heard your lecture, as I think many of them have no idea and are easily distracted by a student’s coping strategies. It’s not uncommon to have a student referred to me with the comment, “He’s so smart and involved in class discussion, but fails every test.” And the student has been in the GED class for years.)
What a great idea Larissa! Any idea on how I could make that happen? I have a full load of students whose parents can afford to pay my fees (this is my full-time job), but the injustice of our public school system, which fails these students over and over again, boils my blood.
My son and I were grocery shopping on Sunday and I saw his 1st/2nd grade teacher. I'm sure she recognized me, but I didn't approach her. I'm not confrontational, but part of me wanted to ask if she finally got up to speed about the most common reason elementary schoolers struggle with reading. She had no interest in learning about dyslexia in 2013.
In fact, she sat my son out of class in second grade when he told her he couldn't find the word 'elephant' in the dictionary. Garrett has ADHD, which my husband and I didn't medicate, and it was easier for her to believe that he was misbehaving. I didn't learn about this until he was homeschooling and nearing the end of his Barton remediation.
This system perpetrates educational malpractice on a daily basis. Any tutor, GED teacher or educator who works with students of any age needs to understand dyslexia. Sadly, the majority of them blame the student.