more hurdles

Well, yesterday I had that teleconference with our supervising teacher. We went over how Melissa did on her 1st grade diagnostic testing. She did really well in reading and writing, she scored just below grade level. It was a much higher score than her teacher and I both thought she'd get, so we are very happy with it. The intervention that we have going with reading has really paid off, I'm so happy that we started right away with it. However, her math score was really low. Her teacher knows that she can do the math that was tested, she had been doing some of it in the elluminate sessions that Melissa's been in. In general, Melissa is way ahead in math. One of the questions, the testing teacher read her a word problem and Melissa had to write the math problem and then solve it. She wrote the problem correctly, except for her numbers being upside-down, and was able to tell the teacher that the answer was 16. Then she wrote the answer 91 on the paper. Soooooo, our teacher and I discussed how to proceed with this. She wants me to get Melissa tested for dyslexia, and I completely agree with that. I've suspected it for over a year now, and the teacher said that she's so confident that we'll get that diagnosis that she'll file paperwork for services as soon as I get a referral from the pediatrician to get her tested. So, I have a dyslexic child with ADHD and auditory processing issues, what a combination. I wonder what the end result of all this testing we're about to start will be. She has an appointment next week to check her weight (she's having some issues with losing weight lately since starting the ADHD meds) and discuss how her meds are working, so I'll get the referral that day.