Q: My 15 year old daughter was recently found to be severely dyslexic. Her public high school has set her to enroll her in an online high school because her local school can’t meet her needs. We’ve been told that her vocabulary is weak. What program would you recommend? A. The answer to your question may depend on what structured literacy program she begins and what ways she learns best. Most structured literacy programs have a vocabulary component which is interwoven with phonemic awareness instruction in the forms of multisensory practice and books based on vocabulary and letter / letter-blend instruction that they’ve received. Because non-dyslexic students acquire words as they read, over time if she doesn’t listen to audiobooks regularly, her gap in word […]
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