College

My oldest child is now a senior in high school with less than 3 weeks left.  And I am pleased to announce that his going to a PAC 12 college. 

I recently told a mom who has an 11 year old daughter who was just diagnosed with dyslexia about his pending college career and she cried. 

She does not even know my son and she cried. 

She cried because it gave her hope.

I know what she felt like.  I remember being in that space.

Don't give up, focus on the whole person, not just their learning differences.

These kids have bright futures and exciting journeys!  Enjoy it!

Main Goal for Mom and Dad

If you are a mom or dad of a kid with dyslexia you need to make this your main goal:

Get this child to adulthood with their self confidence and self esteem in tact.

This is much more important to their overall success then the perfect spelling of any word.

Everything you do should have this end goal in mind.

Learning Ally

Learning Ally is a known great resource for audio books.  But I have been finding that they have been really great with Webinars on dyslexia - including diagnosis and accommodations.  I just recently attended a great session on accommodations specifically for dyslexics and it was presented in a very succinct and organized way.  Well worth the time of watching it.