Indigo DDs learnt to read!

[IndigoBell]

Many of you know DDs story. She was totally unable to learn to read or write, despite intensive SP teaching, and huge amounts of interventions and 1:1. She was unable to learn either whole words or through synthetic phonics.

She started Y3 working at a level 1C and still being sent home with red band (level 1) books.

8 weeks ago (last half term) she did Auditory Integration Training.

This cured her auditory discrimination problems, auditory processing delay, and hypersensitive hearing.

Since then we have been doing 10 mins a night reading - working our way through a synthetic phonics program. Last night we finished the program - and she was able to pick up (an easy) Jaquie Wilson book and read it!!!!!!!!!!!!

The NHS Audiologist said there was nothing wrong with her hearing. (Despite it being clear on an audiogram that she had hypersensitive hearing)

The SpLD EP said dyslexia is caused by auditory problems - but all he recommended was a reading pen and dictation software (after agreeing that school were doing all they could to teach her to read)

To anyone else who thinks their DC has 'dyslexia' - don't give up, don't believe it can't be cured, def don't believe the 'experts' - keep trying everything till you find out what helps your DC.

forgive me I am new to this but your thread seems to sum up my DD(aged 8 ) recent Ed psych report which has suggested low auditory working memory . Can I ask what the visual problem was and how you went about testing for this . She is a bright child , fluent reader (although I suspect she is doing this from sight not sounding out words) and although in top set for maths she cannot remember tables or number bonds and her digit score suggested she can hold no more than 3 numbers in memory at once. The whole thing has left me terribly concerned for her ( reading age 12 but spelling age of a 6 yr old with very fast processing skills). I am bewildered by the whole sen maze and I know will have to fight for any support at the school as she is in top sets . Just wondering where to start

Hi Ajb,

If you can afford it I would obv recommend Auditory Integration Training.

Here are some people who do it:

Sound Learning Centre - London

AIT - Reading

Trady Alderman - Staffordshire

It has been far and away the best thing we did for DD. It vastly improved her processing speed and memory. Her reading is still continuing to improve day by day. School have told me her reading went up from a 1b to a 2b in a term - which is fairly impressive for anyone.....

The vision stuff is easier and cheaper to test. You need her eyes tested by a Behaviour Optometrist

But school can't do anything much to improve your DCs working memory.....

Feel free to PM me if you want any more info.....

So pleased for you IndigoBell and for your DD. Well done to you both! You are a fab mum and so glad all the hard work has paid off. xx

This is brilliant, congratulations to you and your DD.

I haven't heard of AIT before but I am really interested in it for my DS's especially the eldest who has been Dx with dyslexia and has a particularly low working memory and processing speed. He is struggling with reading and has a reading age of 7 at age 10.