what should I do about dt1s dyslexia- don't no where to start

[justiceofthePeas]

dt1 (6.5) is very bright has an excellent vocabulary (although she does muddle up parts of words), retains information well and is very good at recognising things and places she has seen before.

However, she drifts off frequently in class, can be very slow to finish tasks, is not great at rhyming (I noticed this when she was quite little) has to be dragged through her homework and her reading level, despite having started well, has dropped off and does not match the rest of her abilities. She also seems to find the concept of late and hurrying up very difficult to grasp

dt2 is an excellent reader who after a slightly slower start just suddenly clicked. If anything, although I am delighted for dt2, this makes things worse for dt1 who is starting to lose confidence and become discouraged. In general we are a very academic family who enjoy reading.

She can actually read and is on about stage 9/10 of ORT in P2 but finds it tiring. So she is not significantly behind but is behind where she might be expected to be given her level mentally and verbally iyswim. I think she is just starting to get to the stage where she is about to become discouraged having previously been enthusiastic about school.

The school seem to be reasonably on the case and have recommended a visit to a specialist optometrist.

I have been looking at additional help I could give her at home. When I look at most online courses they seem to go right back to the start. as she can already read to a certain level I don't want to discourage her by taking it all the way back to the beginning.
And I am not sure if doing more at home is just going to make it more tiring for her and compound her frustration or if this is the way to go.

My main concern is getting something that is appropriate to her level that is not going to be too taxing for her but won't take her backwards from where she already is and will actually help.

any suggestions?

[missbluebird]

Is think the key here is to get her interested in reading for fun. So not going down the route of starting phonics from scratch or repetitive sight word activities. Does she have any particular interests that have a magazine or website linked? Get her reading them. She'll practice her reading skills far more if she reads for pleasure rather than to get through a course or reading scheme. I also like personalised books...either making them together where she does the pictures and you scribe the story for her or those books you buy where you can insert the child's name. Good luck xx

[justiceofthePeas]

Thanks.
She is getting stuck into a book about History today. Seems happier now she has a blue filter even when she isn't using it.