Thanks so much. I do wonder if she just has the sensory processing disorder or something more. She's also been behind in motor skills, didn't even know how to jump until after she was 3 years old. She didn't potty train until she was 4 though when she was 2 years old, she very clearly told me, "I can, I not", which I took to mean she could use the toilet if she wanted to, she just chose not too. When she was younger, she would still wear pants, skirts, or shorts, but now all she will wear is dresses. She still can't tie a bow or ride a bike. But, then again, give her Legos, and she is happy. If she wants to accomplish something, she can do it, but I cannot get her to desire to tie a bow, wash her hair completely on her own (she hates the shower because of the water spray and so has to wash her hair the bath which causes more tangles and refuses to brush out the tangles on her own), even pick out her own clothes. Sometimes, I worry that I enable her, but if I don't pick an outfit for her, she'll stand there upset, wasting 10 minutes of her night, getting everyone in a bad mood before bedtime, and it's something I can do in less than a minute and have done without a fit.

About the library books, I think the teachers don't mind if they come from home as long as they are on her level as long as there is a computer-generated AR test on the book. That can be checked on a website called AR book finder on using a cell phone with internet service. A local library is having a book sale this weekend, and I think I will check it out; they sell most children's books (even tween and teen books) for 50 cents a piece. Otherwise, I can check out books through our local library though the local branch doesn't have a ton of stuff; however, it is part of the giant library system that covers the Houston area, and you can usually request anything you like from one of the other branches in the system and have it delivered to the local branch. I might start doing that for her. The other difficulty is that while she reads at a 12th grade level, she is still a 4th grader and 9 years old. She does not want to read about people or animals dying or high school love stories and prefers to read about middle school issues, most of which fall below her reading level (with the exception of the books she has to check out in Spanish, which she reads on grade level since we are Anglo and speak absolutely no Spanish at home).

I have emailed the counselor about an assessment and not heard back from her; however, she was at the last PTO meeting and had been very sick with something and on a ton of medications from her doctor, so she might be behind. In addition, our area of Texas was hit hard by Harvey, and my daughter's school is trying to helped some 20 families in the school that were displaced by the storm and pretty much lost everything. I figure I will give the counselor a couple more days and then maybe put in a phone call to her.