My 11 yr old can't read :( colored glasses?

amother

Bottlebrush ↓

Yesterday at 11:29 pm

Where do you live? Is your child dyslexic? I have an 11-year-old dyslexic child who just moved to school for kids with language based learning disabilities and it’s amazing. We tried all different things.for us the Wilson’s Program did help But very slow we also have prison glasses. I heard about the thing with the colors Someone gave me like clear colored file folder type things, and you put it over the page you could still read through, but you have that color effect. You could try that first. A lot of children who struggle with dyslexia are very smart and are very good at learning with just paying attention but they’re gonna struggle in school because that’s not the moad School use

amother

Papaya

Yesterday at 11:35 pm

Have you tried having him evaluated by Mrs. Mertzbach (if you're in monsey) or by the guttman sisters (if you're in bklyn)?

I'd try that.
Also there is another system for teaching reading to children with dyslexia. There is someone in bp who specializes in it. She teaches people the method, program. I'll try to find the info.

I do not know anything about the colored glasses.

One of my children had prism glasses we did not see any difference.

Another of my children has slight dyslexia, we see a huge difference with Mrs. Mertzbachs exersized. Although it's pricy over time....

I am dyslexic. I learned to read at around 10 years old with lots of resource room visits, special glasses, (I honestly have no clue what those were. It's been 20+ years), vision therapy and some other eye/movement coordination and picture based reading kinda program (have no clue what that was either but I do remember the exersizes. Lol) after years of that, my brain slowly started putting things together.
I memorized so many things. But when it came to actual text taking It was bad news. Math on the other hand. Numbers were Mt THANG.

At this point I'm in my 30. And I've learned so much resilience from my struggles. I still have trouble with word recall and it gets really bad when I'm tired, sick or pregnant. To the point I just will shut my mouth becuase it's that frustration. But most of the time we all laugh about it.
I still have a hard time expressing my thoughts clearly without adding a million words to get the point across (I'm sure there is a single word or phrase that can describe my last 3 sentences but alas, I don't have the words for it now. Maybe tomorrow I will... lol)

I'm happy. I'm content. I'm fully functional. I'm a sahm now by choice. I actually had a very well paying job for a few years before I became a mom. It really worked on my strengths and I struggled through a bit for the minimal data entry the job required.

I know you're struggling now, but know that one day. He'll be happy, healthy and well adjusted.

Lots of positive reinforcements. Let his strengths outshine his weaknesses. And make sure he knows you think he's the brightest boy alive!

↑ ora_43

Today at 8:14 am

Some people say colored glasses have helped them, so I guess it's worth a shot.

I think though you also need to realize that there's only so much you can do. With dyslexia reading takes a lot of time and effort, and it's only ever going to get so good. He might never be able to read at grade level and it won't be because you didn't look hard enough for a solution.

Go ahead and try glasses but also reassure him that while reading and writing are super helpful they're not absolutely necessary. There are other ways to learn and communicate, especially these days with modern technology. He can still do well in school and have a great career/future in learning.

amother

Daphne

Today at 8:26 am

I vouch for Mrs Mertzbach’s program as well. She strengthens the root weaknesses in the brain and opens it up as well as many different modalities to develop the brain so it can absorb info. That’s why OT therapy didn’t work. OT didn’t help my son either long term and he regressed as well.
Regarding colored glasses, there’s Dr zelensky in Chicago that specializes in brain development and she does a combination of colored plus others if your child is a candidate for the colored lenses.
Many people have also been helped for dyslexic by Dr Alexander Kobrin in London. They have different approaches and no it’s not the same as the local doctors I’ve gone to for prism. We’ve been around the block and when we saw what we tried local for prism didn’t do much we switched. One child needed zelensky, while my other one needed Alexander kobrin for different issues

amother

↑ Bottlebrush ↓

Today at 8:56 am

I’m actually gonna say an interesting observation I had with my own child when we were in a mainstream school she was getting pulled out a lot small group classes, and therapy. She had prism glasses, but refused to wear them and said they don’t do anything. When she started in the special school program this year I asked the teachers to tell her to use the glasses, and when she was in an environment that was less stressed and more her level she actually was able to see the difference of the glasses helping her.
This is after refusing to wear them for six years I think with all the help you can give if they are mostly in a program that to overwhelming for them they will just be overwhelmed

amother

Wisteria

Today at 11:49 am

amother Papaya wrote:

This was so interesting for me to read.
I am I my 30s and also had trouble learning to read. I only learned to read after intense vision therapy. Hebrew is still difficult for me.
I have trouble expressing myself verbally and trouble with word recall and never knew it has anything to do with dyslexia. Thanks for the new information.

amother

↑ Bottlebrush

Today at 12:39 pm

amother OP wrote:

Thank you all so much for taking the time to reply. It's a bit hectic here so I don't have time to reply to each one but will definitely look into the options suggested. (Switching schools is not an option at the moment)

I know you say it’s not an option to switch schools and I held tight to not switching and I only did it because my daughter was miserable and asked and she’s so much happier. She keeps asking why I didn’t do it sooner.
It was not easy. It was a very complicated decision to make but yet it’s the best thing I ever did and it’s only October. Her whole demeanor is like a boulder had been lifting off of her