We are getting closer. Reading specialist is saying my child has phonological processing problems and orthographic awareness problems. Testing with the receptive and expressive coding subtest of PAL is suggested and also TORC.Remediation using the Talking Letter Card and Words Their Way is suggested. Reading specialist didn’t get too much out of my child as she shut down. Reading specialist says my child is reading at 2nd grade level. Private speech therapist and reading tutor see my child at a higher level. My child is doing the REWARDS program with the reading tutor and is sounding out and reading the words. She is also saying the words correctly when it is mispronounced in the program, so it seems like she is at a higher level comprehension wise. But then recently she read a math problem and read the word colder as color and looked at the picture below of squares shaded in fractions and answered how much was colored, when it was actually referring to the statement above about temperatures of states of the U.S. And it not only happened once, I let it go as she would not re-read it to see her error, so I had her try the problem again the next day and she did the same thing.Any thoughts if the programs and tests mentioned will help.
Re: heard of TORC, Words Their Way, Talking letter card,and PAL?
The color-colder is a typical error.
This could explain why her low accuracy is pulling her down to Grade 2 standing overall, even if she can do higher levels with support.
She needs to work on detail and accuracy, looking at all parts of the word, scanning consistently left-to-right.
If patti recommends the program the school is using, great.
You can also work on accuracy and error-correcting at home. It is diffficult at first but reaps rewards very soon.
is a good program. It is multi-sensory and the kids build words, write words, take them apart. The RSP teacher at the school where I am the SLP uses this program. It is fun. Many times kids rely on their visual memory and context clues to figure out words. It sounds like your daughter is still using that as her main strategy to decipher words which explains the example you brought up.