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Are Dyslexic Students Being Overlooked?

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Dyslexia is diagnosed when it is discovered that a child has problems processing language. Five percent of schoolchildren are said to have problems learning to read with most of those students being dyslexic. Dyslexia is diagnosed more often in boys than girls. Unfortunately, dyslexia often goes undiagnosed for too long. Many people make it into adulthood before ever realizing there was a problem that could have been treated.

The dyslexia_teacher.com website states, “Learning disabilities often lead to long-lasting psychological harm unless they are caught early… But many kids slip through undiagnosed, it says, leaving them unable to function later in life.” These misdiagnoses can result in depression, anxiety, and suicide.

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Test at Home for Dyslexia

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Self-Tests for Parents to Do at Home to Test for Dyslexia

When it is comes to testing for dyslexia, there is not one true test that can be done.  Because of this problem, many children have dyslexia, yet go untreated for it, while other children may have anotherlearning disability and are wrongly diagnosed with dyslexia.  As a parent, you are your child’s advocate.  Therefore, there are many signs and symptoms you can look when it comes to testing for dyslexia.

Children with dyslexia are not dumb or unintelligent.  However, due to their learning disability they may struggle with reading, schoolwork, and even paying attention.  They may also have low self-esteem or feel dumb, especially if they are comparing themselves with other children.  Your child may even have a high IQ, but standardized tests show differently.  If homework time is a constant struggle each night, this could be your first clue that your child has dyslexia. 

How Do They Do Reading Aloud?

Ask them to read out loud to you from simple storybooks (do not pick from stories that they could have easily memorized from hearing too many times).  If your child struggles with this task or even mixes up the words, it is another sign of dyslexia.  Some children will become emotional while reading.  Other children will complain of headaches or stomachaches when asked to read a book.

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Treating Dyslexia Before Kids Learn to Read

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Treatment for dyslexia can begin even before children start learning to read, a new study suggests.

Researchers from Italy found that the learning disability may be linked to problems with children’s visual attention. They said their findings could lead to earlier diagnosis and new treatments for those with the condition.

“Visual attention deficits are surprisingly way more predictive of future reading disorders than are language abilities at the pre-reading stage,” Andrea Facoetti, of the University of Padua, said in a journal news release.

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Don’t deny – defy dyslexia

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The day Steve Jobs died my son came home from school and asked me:

“Can I also please be dyslexic like Steve?”

Dumbfounded I stared at him as he rambled on about Steve Jobs, about Mac and how “awesome” it was.

Technological icon Steve Jobs left behind a silver bitten apple, a legacy of hard work and most importantly a realisation that learning differences are a gift – not a stigma.

The problem

Nobody truly knows the origins of learning differences. The spectrum is wide and deep, ranging from low attention span, weak memory, speech problems, auditory issues, literacy and numeracy challenges, vestibular and cognitive development and social interaction to behaviour issues this wide umbrella is widening at a startling pace and deepening at an alarming rate. Genetics, diet, environment, academic pressures and competition are all contributing to this increase. Yet the most resonating factor is denial from parents.

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Teachers gain a new ability to help

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One teacher admits she could use help to deal with the children in her classes with extra needs. More importantly, she would like some strategies to try once they have been identified.

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For Dr Woods this is a pleasing moment. She is part of a team, led by Professor Patrick Griffin, that has been trialling the Abilities Based Learning and Education Support (ABLES) research project in 250 Victorian schools for more than five years. This year the program is being rolled out in all state schools.

The project began about eight years ago when researchers in the Assessment Research Centre of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education decided the best way to help children with disabilities was to provide teachers with better materials and advice to create individual learning plans.

An online program was developed that allows teachers to record observations about children and place them on a developmental path.

“It helps a teacher recognise what they are seeing from the child’s behaviour. It points them to what the child can do and is ready to do next,” says Dr Woods. “We are taking the knowledge special education teachers have when they look at these kids and giving it to other teachers.”

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Doctors flip view of dyslexia

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When most people think of the word “dyslexia,” they think of someone who writes letters backward, said Bainbridge Island mom Charlotte Rovelstad.

“Typically, as a parent, you realize your child is not progressing as expected in reading, writing or math, and that’s your entryway into dyslexia,” she said.

That was the case for her when her bright child came home from school discouraged and falling behind.

Rovelstad embarked on a mission to educate herself about dyslexia and in so doing came upon the work of Dr. Brock Eide, and Dr. Fernette Eide.

The Seattle-based doctors, authors of “The Dyslexic Advantage” and “The Mislabeled Child,” cite brain research that turns the common stereotype about dyslexia on its head.

Those who fall under the category of dyslexic are not slow or dumb, they say, but have unique brain structure and organization that processes information in a completely different way than the general population.

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