Diana's honest opinion on the Barton reading/spelling system For Dyslexic Children/Adults.
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- I am telling the good and the bad, I am sharing after using the program for 2 years and 5 levels! PLEASE forgive the poor quality guys, I shot this with a different camera, bad idea lol. But the review is real!
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I am Dyslexic and struggled a ton in school. I didn't know it was dyslexia when I was in school. But I have realized while homeschooling our five children that each of them have some degree of dyslexia. We're halfway through level 3 with my oldest and it has already helped him a ton!!
It truly is a game changer isn’t it? I am too, just on a lower Spectrum. It makes so much sense once I found out. It shows that particularly in my spelling, and how I pronounce certain words from time to time. Even at my age, I catch it.
Barton is the best program! It’s saved my kiddo. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for watching :-)
I rarely comment on YT. God bless you!! Thank you so much for this! Great information. I am married to a severe dyslexic. Our daughter is dyslexic and we have known/suspected since she was 3. But since discovering Barton and researching with people like you, I have never felt such peace. I love your emotions. I feel like we would be good friends if we knew each other. God bless you and your family!
Aww 🥰. Thank you! It’s been my home to help other families. This can feel hard, but with right tools, it’s no harder than teaching any child how to read (notice I didn’t say easy 😆). I’m glad the video helped. Thank you for watching and for you inspiring works.
I agree with what you said! It has been what we’ve found has worked for my kids but the cost is up there! We ent through four levels this year too with one kid.
Hi! Just discovered your channel! I've been trained in the Barton system since becoming a licensed dyslexia therapist and I LOVE thus program. I have trained the tutors at my school who work with our struggling readers and I can't sing its praises enough!
It really is a game changer! Thanks for waiting! -Diana
Thank you for posting this. I really appreciate the honesty. I, too, am homeschooling 5 children. I have been using Writing Road to Reading and supplementing with Reading Eggs. I have just decided that this hasn't been working with my 3rd grader, and I need to move on to something else. I haven't gotten a dyslexia diagnosis, but I highly suspect it. Our progress was very slow, and in the last couple months it seems to have hit a wall. I have a meeting scheduled with a consultant and a tutor next week to discuss next year, and I am just a little hesitant about the Barton program. Thank you for explaining it all to me so well.
I understand what you’re saying, and have been there as well. A tutor is a great option as well. My son just preferred to have me do it. I Saved a lot of money as well 😅.
Thank you so much for your honest opinion on this curriculum! I am in a very similar position as you and now I am prayerfully considering the Barton system to help me teach my kids. I have tried many other curriculums (with some success) that incorporate the Burton system but for whatever reason my kids are not catching on. Your review has given me hope to just buckle down, learn it myself and teach my kids with the original curriculum. Thank you so much and I look forward to following!
I’m glad I can help! Very soon I’ll be doing a live conference to discuss teaching dyslexic children. I’ve learned so much, and I hate that it took so long. So I’m hoping to help more people. Thanks for watching! -Diana!❤️
We are finally going live about homeschooling dyslexic children! calendly.com/homeschoolific/homeschooling-and-dyslexia-with-diana?month=2021-08&fbclid=IwAR1-R_KiaYC2WCDLcAj9kEh1SayLwM181NY9qWuOw8QKnPt2go8O0EZLt-o
Here’s the full details:
If your child is dyslexic, you may want to homeschool them, if you're already homeschooling and your child is dyslexic you're in the right place. Homeschooling can be challenging, homeschooling with dyslexic children can add another curveball, there are easier ways to do it, and it can be fun and rewarding. Join me, Diana for my new course on homeschooling dyslexic children.
We will cover:
-Understanding how teaching a dyslexic child is different.
-What resources are available?
-Common mistakes, and ones I've made myself.
-What is dyslexia
-Dyslexia spectrum
-Am I capable of teaching my dyslexic child?
-What if I'm dyslexic myself?
-And more!
Most of all I'm very excited that I'll be able to answer your questions live
Thank you for this review, it was just what I was looking for. The dyslexia diagnosis we got really threw us for a loop and there are no tutors/schools near us to help so ... I've gotta do it myself and oh my word. It's a daunting prospect.
Let me know if you need any more help. I had a lot of guidance to get me here.
We are finally going live about homeschooling dyslexic children! calendly.com/homeschoolific/homeschooling-and-dyslexia-with-diana?month=2021-08&fbclid=IwAR1-R_KiaYC2WCDLcAj9kEh1SayLwM181NY9qWuOw8QKnPt2go8O0EZLt-o
Here’s the full details:
If your child is dyslexic, you may want to homeschool them, if you're already homeschooling and your child is dyslexic you're in the right place. Homeschooling can be challenging, homeschooling with dyslexic children can add another curveball, there are easier ways to do it, and it can be fun and rewarding. Join me, Diana for my new course on homeschooling dyslexic children.
We will cover:
-Understanding how teaching a dyslexic child is different.
-What resources are available?
-Common mistakes, and ones I've made myself.
-What is dyslexia
-Dyslexia spectrum
-Am I capable of teaching my dyslexic child?
-What if I'm dyslexic myself?
-And more!
Most of all I'm very excited that I'll be able to answer your questions live
We’ve been doing Dyslexia Connect, which is virtual tutoring. It’s affordable in my opinion. Just wanted to let you know about that if you decide tutoring yourself is too daunting. :)
Thank you for this review. This was very helpful!
My pleasure! -Diana
Thank you for the review! I am dyslexic and my son was recently diagnosed and suspect that his younger brother is as well. We have been doing tutoring and he’s coming home with Barton worksheets. We have seen great progress. Tutoring is $60/hour so it’s not sustainable for the long term. Buying my own kits would be a better fit for us.
Yes, indeed, if even though the kids are pricey, they’re definitely cheaper than a tutor. Thank you for watching - Diana.
Hey everyone! We are finally going live about homeschooling dyslexic children! calendly.com/homeschoolific/homeschooling-and-dyslexia-with-diana?month=2021-08&fbclid=IwAR1-R_KiaYC2WCDLcAj9kEh1SayLwM181NY9qWuOw8QKnPt2go8O0EZLt-o
Here are the full details:
If your child is dyslexic, you may want to homeschool them. If you're already homeschooling and your child is dyslexic, you're in the right place. Homeschooling can be challenging. Homeschooling with dyslexic children can add another curveball. There are easier ways to do it, and it can be fun and rewarding. Join me, Diana, for my new course on homeschooling dyslexic children.
We will cover:
-Understanding how teaching a dyslexic child is different.
-What resources are available?
-Common mistakes, and ones I've made myself.
-What is dyslexia?
-Dyslexia spectrum
-Am I capable of teaching my dyslexic child?
-What if I'm dyslexic myself?
-And more!
Most of all, I'm very excited that I'll be able to answer your questions live.
Thank you so much for all the information! Is the disk a DVD?
Yes. But you can view online as well.
You rock! Thanks ❤
Hi Diana! Awesome video!! Two questions: 1. When you contact the office to "switch over" the box from one owner to the next, is there some reason for this? What additional benefit is it to register with the company? Also, how did you go about the process of getting your student evaluated for dyslexia? My son is now in middle school and I've been suspecting it for some time. I'd like to make it official so I'm not guessing.
Lisa, I missed this message, I apologize! You only need to switch the owners if you plan to buy the digital tiles. You can’t buy the tiles if you don’t own that kit level. I’d highly recommend Sally Shaywitz book Overcoming Dyslexia! You don’t need a test necessarily if you read/listen to it.
I’m mildly Dyslexic but never got help. Just learned coping strategies for school & college.
There was not a lot of tools or help with dyslexia back when we were growing up. I'm so glad that there is more curriculum accessible to parents with dyslexic children. I had a teacher that was dyslexic and he pretty much told us the same thing you said.
-LaVonda
On level 9 influence of foreign languages do they teach you a second language because I saw in the video she said they do and if so do you get to choose the language you wanna learn like could you choose Japanese or is your only options Spanish and French which I love Spanish and would love to learn and I also wanna learn asl anyways thanks in advance if you answer and in the Greek and Latin one are they teaching the language too or just to roots of words and the history of words?
Thank you for your honest review. I'm in a position where I'm trying to decide which program to use. I've used OG (my school wants us to use their program, which I am not a fan of) and have also purchased Barton levels 1 and 2. I'm seeing a huge difference with Barton. Are you on the upper levels of Barton, and how are these levels? Thank you! Enjoyed listening to you!
Hi Joan, I am on level 6 right now , level 4 was brutal! Outside of level 4, they all are pretty good, I’ve done some research on 7-10, they all seem to be fine. I’m not sure if there was a better way to teach the concepts in 4 (the material is just challenging for anyone) but it took us MUCH longer and I needed support to get through it. But we did it, and everything else after that was a breeze… kinda 😅. -Diana
@@Homeschoolific Thanks, Diana! Oh man, sounds like it will be brutal for me too! I really like level 2 so far, the kids are really getting it! I love how you explained everything! And I live near Susan, in the Bay Area, it IS expensive! Lol. I am so glad I found your video, you're so inspiring! Thanks!
Hi, Diana. I appreciate your straightforward commentary! My daughter is dyslexic and years of advocating for her led me to become Certified in Orton-Gillingham and open a tutoring business for dyslexic students of all ages. I've bought Level 1 and am waiting for my first new student to begin so I can use it! (I have another student, but am using a different OG progression with him.)
I completely agree with you about the expense. It kills me to think of paying extra for Whizzimo after the expense of the Level materials! Have you tried the new version of Whizzimo? I've read that it's full of problems, so I haven't bought it yet. Will you be doing a video about Whizzimo?
Thanks and keep up your great work! If you reply that it's ok, I'll post my tutoring website here (in a follow-up comment). If not, that's ok, too; just let me know! Happy New Year 2022! ;-)
Hi Kea, I am not using Whizzimo, only because of the amount of set up I would need to do ahead of time was a bit much for my purposes. (at least that’s what it appeared to me). However, you’ll have to consider that I’m not tutoring other children, I might feel differently if that was the case. For my child, the Barton app is working just fine. He’s much older, 14, and before this we did Angela, which some parts of it works well with dyslexic children, so I didn’t need anything extra up front, maybe later. I may consider checking it out again and do a review at some point in the future. I do try to keep it as simple as possible far as schooling, too many running parts get mama overwhelmed 😅. Thank you for stopping and commenting, I went back and checked out some videos about Whizzimo again. I forgotten all about it.
Hi, I am on the same boat, where did you become certified? There are so many options and I want to make sure that we make the right decisions
I have a special needs child. He is 11. We are still learning to remember the names of each color. I'm considering the 1st set for him. I know a lady who is selling 1, 2 and 3 for $150. I've bought so much curriculum. I wonder if it would help him?
Is there a specific amount of time each day you need to spend on this? Also, I couldn’t find the Barton test you mentioned about figuring out where on scale of less to more dyslexic you are. I’m quite sure my son is dyslexic although no official diagnosis but I would be interested in learning where he fits in on the scale.
Hi SaAn, 3 hours a week min. It’s on there site but it’s not the most users friendly site! I’d search Barton dyslexia placement test if I were you. I bet you would come right up.
The test is not a scale, the test only checks the minimum IQ is required for the program to work.
Hope that helps. - Diana
@@Homeschoolific, 🙃PLEASE correct your statement: "the test only checks the minimum IQ is required for the program to work." It's EXTREMELY important for people to know that dyslexia has NOTHING to do with intelligence and IQ! I'm sure you meant the following:
The Barton Screener indicates whether a person is ready to begin at Level (Book) 1 with Barton. If not, the person needs an appropriate phonemic awareness program (such as Foundation in Sounds, which is aligned with Barton). If the person makes 0 errors on the Screener, a more in-depth assessment should be done to ascertain whether the person is dyslexic at all.
Thanks for understanding and, I hope, taking my suggestion. I hope all is well with you and your tutoring!
Thank you so much. Tutoring is offered at our school for a price but we are willing to pay the cost. We are also looking into getting certified to supplement in the Summer, breaks etc. How's it going now with your children?
It’s still going great! Texas schools offers lots of programs are for dyslexic children, but it’s going so well, we are staying the course. :-) thank you for watching!!
We are encouraged by your testimony and many others. We’ve learned so much about dyslexia that we didn’t know.
How did you get to see an specialist for your child. I have asked my pediatrician to refer my child, but she said she couldn’t, my child school needed to do that. My school is blank on helping me.
That is an excellent question, and ironically, we experienced the same thing in Clark county, Nevada. There’s nothing for dyslexic kids there. Nada. Fortunately, for me, one of my friend’s mother was a dyslexic specialist, she got certified…I don’t know forever ago. I’m guessing in California, because that was where they were from. It was through my friends mother, that we were able to find out that my son was profoundly dyslexic. If we wanted it in writing, we had to pay $1500 to go to a special location to have him tested so that he could have accommodations in college. I would look up dyslexic specialist in your area to find one..
But I have a few resources for you. Susan Barton mentioned in one her videos to have your child’s IQ test. That’s an option. If your child’s IQ is not to low, then the dyslexia program that she offers, The Barton program, will work. Another option is the fantastic book overcoming dyslexia. In this book, Sally Shaywitz give you a list of telltale signs to let you know that a child is dyslexic. It was amazing how much I found in there. I was able to trust the specialist findings after reading that book
Honestly, I think both are a great resource. Here’s a link to the audible book, but you might want to get your hands on to the physical copy. www.audible.com/pd/0593149238?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=pdp
I hope this helps. Please keep us posted! I know it’s hard, but you’re a good mom looking out for your child, you got this!
❤️Diana.
Would you suggest going through this program with an older student whose dyslexia is impacting their spelling?
Yes, I would or get a tutor if reading is going well.
So if I buy it used you have to switch it over and call the office? What does that mean?
You actually have to call the Barton office, give them the serial number and let them know how you purchased. Make sure you setup an account with them in advance
Hi can an adult with dyslexia teach themselves to read better or does the program require a teacher to teach it to them?
I’d say yes. IF you are not profoundly dyslexic and you record yourself saying the words.
Thanks so much.What test did you use to find out if your kid have reading disability
I met with a specialist in my area. Some school districts offer testing, or can point you in the right direction.
According to the Federal law, IDEA, a school district is REQUIRED to evaluate a student if the parent or teachers notice problems and request it. Be aware: They often push back, delaying and even refusing to do it! Make your request and all related correspondence in writing (e.g., in email) to the teacher, copying the principal and the Special Ed director at the district. Sometimes they finally do the evaluation, but not a good or full one, and sometimes this forces the parent to get a private evaluation done with either an educational psychologist or a neuropsychologist.
Does the program come with decodeable readers?
Hi Gail, those are sold separately.
Barton levels include decodable short stories.
Is there a test to see what level you need
No matter what, start at level one. Even if it seems too easy. Chances are it will be. But there will be some special ground work that will need to be established. - Diana
@@Homeschoolific thanks 😊