It has now been 9 months since we began the Dore Program. The biggest testiment to her progress came late in September. We had a 'student support meeting' at school. It was a follow up from the meetings we had last year and was designed to find out just how far behind she was and how much she was struggling and whether or not she qualified for the 'alpha phonics' dyslexic program. Mrs. T., her teacher this year, was astounded to hear the report read from last year. She said she could not believe the child in the report and Paige were the same child!! As she put it, Paige is 'holding her own' in second grade.
I am thrilled with this but still tend to notice where she still struggles. I see that any work she brings home as homework like spelling words, worksheets or grammer, that we work on with her, she learns fine. She usually gets an 'A' on things she is tested on, that she brings home. Where she is falling down is on things they work on in class only. She seems to miss some of the instruction or even get it down wrong. Math is an area where this is happening. She will begin small group help once school begins after this holiday time. I think that will help her a lot.
I do see that she still struggles with attention and focus. She is reading much better but still has an issue with fluency. I see her skipping words or endings of words. We have seen a developmental optometrist and she has special glasses that should help with her reading. He says she has an eye that sways outward and that her eyes quiver when focusing up close.
Our next Dore assesment is next week. Oh, and Paige was featured on a local Fox News story about the Dore program!!
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