Reading Horizons for high school student

momof3 · anonymous user Joined: 28 Feb 2009 Posts: 1

I have a 15 year old son. I have home schooled him from the beginning. We have tried many phonics intervention programs, including one by the Wright Group recommended in Dr. Shaywitz's book. He can read fairly well. He still struggles identifying individual sounds in words. His handwriting is terrible. He spells on a very low level. At this point, we are pushing typing.

I am considering purchasing Reading Horizons as curriculum. Does it work? I am also interested in going high tech, such as speaking into a device that will write for him. Does anyone have ideas or recommendations for this?

Morning · anonymous user Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Posts: 22

Good for you to homeschool!

At 15, (from my experience with my child)--there is little you can do about the handwriting or the spelling.

1. Have him take typing adult education courses. Do this outside of the home--not online as he can start to meet others who may be like him.

2. The local high school may be able to have him in in a typing course and talk to a special ed. teacher at the high school and they can assess him--may be able to look at OT support.

3. Focus on the typing, and other assitive technology. I hope this helps.