Hi Everyone,

I have just recently acquired a positon tutoring Native American
children at a local elementary school. One of my students (at least
her teacher believes)is dyslexic. The school "testing" states that
she does not have any learning disabilities. This particular child,
however, has difficulty with reading. She can read a sentence, then
read the same words and not be able to decode them. She is
constantly writing letters and numbers backwards, even after being
corrected. She is smart, eager to learn and tries hard, but reading
and writing are especially difficult for her. Her memory is
wonderful, she can answer questions about a story if she hears it.
She is a wonderful storyteller and I often help her translate her
stories into writing. She does get frustrated when she forgets how
to write something and I have to spell words out for her. I have
gone to a few dyslexia workshops and I hear the same old
thing...Flash cards and repetitition. Is there anything else I can
do to help her? I would really like some imput from someone who has
been there..

Thanks,
Lin