6 year old likely dyslexia
I’m the parent of a very intelligent 6 year old who is really struggling to read. She can read around grade level, but not with any real fluidity. She has a photographic memory for everything but phonics and words.
I’ve started to think she’s dyslexic. She is scared to read out loud and avoids it, she seems to mix up letters when reading (colts will be said line colst), she doesn’t pick up when there is a rhyming pattern in the text so ignores the pattern. She still struggles with breaking words into syllables.
Her comprehension is great. She’s ridiculously insightful and a creative, abstract thinker.
Assuming the diagnosis is confirmed, how do I help her? She goes to a rigorous private school that she loved. I’m so stressed I can’t sleep. I’m tired of seeing my kid struggle. No one in our family is dyslexic.
What would be next steps?