Ooops, just realized that I forgot a word! That my husband is NOT 100% accepting of the diagnosis but that he still is supportive of our son.

Reading and writing are my son's weak subjects in school. Though his reading did improve a lot between 3rd grade and now in 4th grade. When he chooses books on his own, he prefers books at a lower level, like 2nd grade level. For him it seems to be a comfort thing. I find that he will more likely choose an age-appropriate book to read for himself, if my husband or I have already read it to him. We have kept up with the bedtime routine of reading to both our sons (individually). One night I will put my younger son to bed while hubby puts older son to bed, then next night we will switch. Even though my older son's homework includes at least 20 minutes a day of silent reading time, we still will read to him at bedtime from books appropriate for his age. Have you tried the books by Andrew Clements (Clement?)? One of our favorites is Frindle and we also liked Lost and Found. We read a couple of chapters a night to him and then later on when he has individual silent reading time, he is more likely to pick the higher reading level books if we have already read them to him.

Have to go get the kids from school...