Should I encourage my dyslexic daughter to stay in her AP class or drop itMy high school age daughter was diagnosed with severe dyslexia in middle school. She struggles to match letters/letter combinations with the sounds they make and vice-versa. Her working memory is also very limited. She has a very hard time reading outloud and writing but reads silently ok. Long passages are a struggle because of the working memory thing, but breaking it onto bite size chunks helps. She's always been an A/occasional B student but has to work incredibly hard for it. She does have an IEP that allows her extra time and also she doesn't get penalized for spelling errors.This year she's taking a couple honors STEM classes and an AP social studies class. She also plays school and travel sport.She has to work hard on the STEM classes but nothing she's not used to. She is really struggling with AP social studies however. There is a lot of reading and the passages are long and very information dense. They are also written in the typical academic manner - that is they use lots of words to say things.She blew the first few quizzes and a test but has pulled her grade up to to a B. She's put a ton of work in and spends a lot of time on homework and studying.So the question - she's not sure if she should stay in the AP social studies or drop it and take something easier over the summer. She's worried that the amount of effort she has to put in on the AP class will cause her other grades to suffer. On the flip side she has never let the dyslexia define her and she does not want to give in and drop the class.I'm concerned that if she starts giving up on things that are hard it'll become a habit or a fall back. But I also know how hard she works and how frustrated she gets. As a parent I'm torn between not wanting to see her go through that and finding the right amount of encouragement to give her. I really don't know the right thing here. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/30tCEsQ
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