Reading issue... or something else

[minionmadness]

Haven't posted for ages... terrible transition into YR2 and has only recently settled own.

DS ASD... His reading levels at end of YR1 were 1B, lots of support, both at home and school to achieve this.

However since we are now reading more challenging books with longer paragraphs, we are noticing that he often does a mixture of the following...

Misses words completely
Reads the sentence differently to what's written by saying different words or saying them the wrong way round.

When asked to read again correctly he can.

I'm thinking he's just reading as he talks, or is it something else.

Interesting. I have ideas, but no answers I'm afraid.

My dd reads very fast in her head and finds reading aloud really tricky.

Can he give you a good summary of what is on the page? because from what you say, he is getting the information from the text.

If he reads it, whether aloud or in his head, and has a full understanding of what he has read, then (speaking as an amateur) he surely had 90 percent of the skills he needs.

Reading aloud is a mix of reading ahead whilst speaking an earlier bit of text. So quite tricky for a fast reader or someone with a few visual processing skills.

If you have an e-reader or a tablet, is it worth checking if he finds it easier to read aloud with the text size made a lot bigger?

Hope this helps

Have you got any coloured overlays, or could you try a paragraph of text on a different coloured background on a pc or tablet and see if there's any obvious difference for him?

Thank you.

He definitely understands the text and has good comprehension so is usually able to answer any questions I ask him. Interesting you mention speed though, I did wonder if he's reading in his head a lot faster than he can out loud and this is where the problem lies.

He does have an ipad so will try some reading on it. Haven't tried overlays or colour backgrounds so will look into these and see if it makes any difference.

Reading aloud is vastly over-rated. I love doing it. It is my compensation for reading so slowly in the rest of my life.

Your dc has a wonderful world of reading ahead of him, and if the school assessment levels for bog-standard readers don't show him to be as smart at reading as he is, then there is something wrong with the tests, not something wrong with dc.