Testing success, refusing to give up, Balametrics, Dear, Positive Affirmations, Dyslexia

I am proud of my grandson and myself.  This child successfully took a test yesterday.  When I began working with him in 4th grade two years ago, he would not even allow me read a book to him. It would have been so easy to just give up.  After all he had an attitude, he did not want to learn, and I had things I could do that would have been more fun.
We found he had dyslexia and have worked on correcting the symptoms with a DEAR program and with Balametrics.
Last week, we worked on the balance boards with the Balametrics.  I had him stand on the balance board and bounce the balls in a pattern. I had him say,  I am good at testing, I will do well during testing and I like testing.  This is important when anyone is convinced he will fail any test he takes.  Previous testing has taught him that he is dumb and will fail anyway.
I told him we were going to take a reading test and it would be easy.
We have worked all year on him being able to do his schoolwork without help on every problem.  For the test he needed a clear desk, and could not ask questions or talk to me. He also could not get up. He asked if he could have a bottle of water at his desk.  This was allowed.  I sat in a chair 3 feet from him and worked on the computer. 
I chose a reading test with a selection about Hypothermia by Franklyn M. Branley. There are about 549 words and three charts in the selection. There were 7 multichoice questions to answer at the end.  I chose this subject because his Dad and Uncle are on the volunteer fire department and helping others in important in his world.  I told him that it would take him about 10 to 15 minutes to take the test and he would do fine. I refused to let him time himself.  I wanted to teach him that he could do the test instead checking the timer.  The timer would have been a distraction. He began to tell me he could not possible do this as it was too long and had too much information.  I assured him he would do fine and I would sit here and wait for him.  He finished in 15 minutes without complaining and answered 5 of  the 7 questions correctly.