What is Dyslexia and What Can Be Done to Help?

Dyslexia

What is Dyslexia?

       

Dyslexia is a type of learning disability that involves an issue with processing or understanding language. Normally, this involves use of the grapheme phoneme principle. In other words, an individual has difficulty with connecting a letter to its sound and vice versa. This knowledge plays a huge influence on the use written and spoken language. An example of this is thinking of the word specific but saying or writing the word pacific down.

According to LDA American.org some symptoms and signs of dyslexia are:

-          Reads slowly and painfully

-          Experiences decoding errors, especially with the order of letters

-          Shows wide disparity between listening comprehension and reading comprehension of some text

-          Has trouble with spelling

-          May have difficulty with handwriting

-          Exhibits difficulty recalling known words

-          Has difficulty with written language

-          May experience difficulty with math computations

-          Decoding real words is better than nonsense words

-          Substitutes one small sight word for another: a, I, he, the, there, was

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Reading Programs are Effective for Students with Dyslexia?

        

   Typically reading programs in school are not suited for children whom have dyslexia. However, there are some reading programs design for them.  These programs may help your child in other areas but not with reading issue. Some examples are: 

o   Kumon

o   Sylvan Learning

o   Hooked on Phonics

o   Reading Recovery

o   Accelerated Reader

o   Vision Therapy

o   Brain Gym

o   Special Diets

-          A program that will benefit a child with dyslexia is any reading program that uses the Orton Gillingham approach. This approach is the oldest and most researched method for helping/teaching individuals with dyslexia.

 

Ways Parents Can Help their Kids with Dyslexia:

According to Dyslexia Read Well, they are several things that parents can do to help their child with dyslexia Some ways to help are:

•          Read to your Child
•           Share Reading
•           Overlearning
•           Silent Reading
•           Make Reading Fun
•           Promote Confidence

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