8 year old possibly has a learning disability...

You do need someone (board of ed, or your own evaluator such as a neuropsychologist) to do a comprehensive evaluation in order to pin point why she is having difficulty.

[quote=”KarenN”]You do need someone (board of ed, or your own evaluator such as a neuropsychologist) to do a comprehensive evaluation in order to pin point why she is having difficulty.[/quote]

Thanks I am working on finding a private physciatrist to evaluate her. I’m going to call her dr and see if he knows anyone…

Maybe your dd and my ds were twins separated at birth? Your post sounds so familiar. If I didn’t know better I would think we were talking about the same kid. My ds repeated kindergarten as well. Math and spelling are also my ds hard spots. On the good side he is finally grasping the math concepts. Granted he uses his fingers a lot but right now I will take that over nothing. I know here in Nebraska the 9th birthday is a critical one for coming up with a diagnosis. His 9th birthday is in December so we should know more the end of November. Be cautious with outside psychologists though- there are good and there are bad. I’m very leary after meeting the first one and hearing him write off my ds in kindergarten! Right now this is what we are doing (I’m trying to rule out the laziness thought) 1. He does oral spelling tests as well as repetitive writing of words. They have encouraged me to do it using differant methods (writing in sand with fingers etc.) He knows how to spell just going between the brain and the fingers there is some misconnection. As for math it is just a situation of repetition. Does your dd still do reversals of letter and number formations? Just curious. Thanks for being out there. It just helps knowing your not alone.

[quote=”lorilwayne”]Maybe your dd and my ds were twins separated at birth? Your post sounds so familiar. If I didn’t know better I would think we were talking about the same kid. My ds repeated kindergarten as well. Math and spelling are also my ds hard spots. On the good side he is finally grasping the math concepts. Granted he uses his fingers a lot but right now I will take that over nothing. I know here in Nebraska the 9th birthday is a critical one for coming up with a diagnosis. His 9th birthday is in December so we should know more the end of November. Be cautious with outside psychologists though- there are good and there are bad. I’m very leary after meeting the first one and hearing him write off my ds in kindergarten! Right now this is what we are doing (I’m trying to rule out the laziness thought) 1. He does oral spelling tests as well as repetitive writing of words. They have encouraged me to do it using differant methods (writing in sand with fingers etc.) He knows how to spell just going between the brain and the fingers there is some misconnection. As for math it is just a situation of repetition. Does your dd still do reversals of letter and number formations? Just curious. Thanks for being out there. It just helps knowing your not alone.[/quote]

Sometimes she does reverse letters and numbers. They also told me to have her write things in pudding or sugar or sand. But it hasn’t helped. My dd had problems speaking. She didn’t talk until she was almost 3. She had to see a speech therapist. I had a bad marriage w/ abuse involved. That could have caused a mental block. But the school psychologist said she was learning disabled and couldn’t transfer things from her short term memory to long term memory. But as for math she still can’t count on her fingers. I have tried to teach her. But she just doesn’t understand it.

lorilwayne,

That was me that posted as the guest. I forgot to log in

[quote=”Anonymous”] Sometimes she does reverse letters and numbers. They also told me to have her write things in pudding or sugar or sand. But it hasn’t helped. My dd had problems speaking. She didn’t talk until she was almost 3. She had to see a speech therapist. But the school psychologist said she was learning disabled and couldn’t transfer things from her short term memory to long term memory. But as for math she still can’t count on her fingers. I have tried to teach her. But she just doesn’t understand it.[/quote]

One thing I am trying now is to use differant colors. This week it seems to have helped some. As for math have you tried a number line. Maybe that would help her. If she can see the number and count back 3 that might help her some. Hey- anything is worth a try. My ds is still in OT, ST. They were thinking of getting a PT eval and I need to check to see if that has been done with the new school year in full swing now. Hang in there. Just know you aren’t alone!

[quote=”lorilwayne”][quote=”Anonymous”] Sometimes she does reverse letters and numbers. They also told me to have her write things in pudding or sugar or sand. But it hasn’t helped. My dd had problems speaking. She didn’t talk until she was almost 3. She had to see a speech therapist. But the school psychologist said she was learning disabled and couldn’t transfer things from her short term memory to long term memory. But as for math she still can’t count on her fingers. I have tried to teach her. But she just doesn’t understand it.[/quote]

One thing I am trying now is to use differant colors. This week it seems to have helped some. As for math have you tried a number line. Maybe that would help her. If she can see the number and count back 3 that might help her some. Hey- anything is worth a try. My ds is still in OT, ST. They were thinking of getting a PT eval and I need to check to see if that has been done with the new school year in full swing now. Hang in there. Just know you aren’t alone![/quote]

We have a meeting with my dd’s teacher next Thursday on the 30th. I believe they are confussing her.. She has two different classes to do spelling words now. And They seem that they cant make up their minds on what to do.. They decided to let her use a counter in math.. She still isn’t reading very well. But she is making c’s in reading.. I don’t understand it.