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September 28th, 2009

Just wanted to say thank you for helping me understand my daughters. Our girls are 15 (twins) and have struggled all their lives with learning. I never explored dyslexia, because I thought it only meant seeing letters backwards. When we did your tick list, the girls ticked nearly every box. It helps to have a “name”, as now I can research it and learn more. Also the list of famous dyslexics was encouraging to them. But what do I do now? They are 15. We homeschool through a distance ed. program, and they are seeing success, but its hard for them. They are not at grade level. Do I have them tested? Can I get them help at this point? Is it too late? Anyway, thank you for what you have been able to help me with. I first heard you being interviewed by Richard Glover on the radio. Keep up the good work. Cathy

Hi,
My books and teaching are written for parents to be able to follow. You will find them useful. The phonics program should improve their spelling.

They should be word processing. If you can get them both laptops ready for TAFE and make sure that they can type their ideas into words. Insist they use the spellcheck and then put words that they cannot spell check into their own dictionaries. Details on this are available as a freebee “My fun dictionary?”

In the book Dyslexia – how to win I talk about what to prioritize as how to teach older kids. there is a chapter on this. Its important now that you prepare for TAFe rather then trying to keep up with the entire syllabus. Prioritize what is important for them as adults. there is also a section on basic maths and how to teach it.
cheers
Dawn

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