Learning disabilities

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Hi -

Thanks so much for responding, I got chills when I read your message

as has always had difficulty with auditory processing. This

has been her primary area of difficulty. She never had a specific

diagnosis as you just received though. I wonder if should

have the kind of testing that Elyse is having, to get a more specific

pinpoint on her needs. I am so glad that Elyse is finally getting

the attention she needs, I know how hard this is, it must have been

so difficult for those many years, you are strong to persevere, a

great mom!. I know the feeling of knowing there is something wrong,

but nobody seems to listen, mother's intuition is a real thing. With

her RSS diagnosis how could they overlook the possibility of LD???

We have all been thru these " duh " situations it seems, so frustrating.

I hope you will see dramatic results for Elyse, is thriving

with the therapy and attention and special teaching methods. She is

reading so well and has been aceing her spelling tests this semester

(of course dad studies them with her every night!). Math is a huge

struggle, but she is now getting some special teaching methods for

that also. She tends to make leaps & bounds in one area at a time,

not several at once. She has been that way her whole life, so I am

happy if one subject area is going well. Be ready to stay on top of

the teachers/school, I am lucky to be in a school system that takes

these LD's seriously and so far has handled it well. But we have to

be ready to " push our weight around " if necessary, none of our RSS

kids would have succeeded so far without this attitude, right?!

Please let me know how things go, I will be thinking about you!

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> Hi ,

> My name is and my daughter Elyse is 10 1/2 RSS diagnosed at

9mos. She

> is currently 50 inches and 47 lbs.

> The part of your post that caught my attention is about Learning

> disabilities. I have been working with the school since

kindergarten to try

> and find a solution to her low academic scores and poor reading

skills to no

> avail. They said there was no LD and did not qualify for special

ed. Our

> medical doctor at the time was not concerned.(HMO) We were able to

change

> insurance last year and finally someone took us seriously and sent

her to a

> neuropsychologist. We received the results today and she has an

auditory

> processing deficit with limitations in auditory memory and word

retrieval.

> (which I have been saying for years) She now needs to see an

audiologist to

> check for deficits in foreground and background discrimination. I

wish I had

> found help for Elyse as early as you did. Now we will be able to

get her the

> help she needs before starting middle school next year.

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