Do You Recognize the Early Dyslexia Symptoms?

       

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Many times as parents we do not begin to see early dyslexia symptoms that our children have been displaying. My child was diagnosed at the age of six. This was when I began studying more about dyslexia. The more I read and researched the more I realized that the clues began at an early age. Although six is still considered early for diagnosis, I couldn't help but to feel a little guilt at my ignorance.

Here are some of the signs I missed:

* Difficulty Retrieving Words -- my child would often say "have you seen my blue thing?" To which I would always have to reply. "What thing?" What I didn't understand or know to pick up on was that my child was demonstrating the difficulty that some dyslexics have with word retrieval. Instead of having to come up with the word he would use generic words such as "thing" or "stuff". He would also have a tendency to describe an item in detail, without having to recall a specific word. For example, if he could not come up with the word car. He would describe it as "the thing with wheels, that we get into, and we go."

* Difficulty Rhyming Words -- around the age of three many of my sons friends would happily play around the playground, singing out rhyming words. Sometimes they were real words, and sometimes they were nonsense words, but they still rhymed nonetheless. Although my son would say a few words here and there he didn't show the delight that the other children had in creating these rhymes. Because the part of dyslexia can include difficulty isolating the sounds of words, it is often hard for these children to isolate beginning sound in order to change it to make the rhyming word.

* Directional Words -- directional words might include right, left, up, down, before, after, yesterday, or today. I can remember at the age of three, my son would tell me things that he did. The sentence would sound something like, "I went swimming tomorrow and had a lot of fun." I thought this was cute and comment for a three year old. However, it was yet another red flag that I messed.

* Sees Every Word for the First Time -- as my son entered and progressed through kindergarten, it is no surprise that reading became a frustrating event in our house. Very often, my son would come to a word in a book that he needed to sound out. He could do this successfully, then turn the page and would run into the same word. However, instead of recognizing the word he just read, it was as if he had never seen the work before. This is an extremely common trait among children with dyslexia.

* Sight Words -- "Sight words" are very important in today's curriculum. Sight words are small words that are often used in the written language. For example, be, what, are, with etc. The idea is that reading will be much more fluent if a student can glance at these words, and know them by sight, rather than having to sound it out. These can be extremely difficult for the dyslexic student. Nightly homework in kindergarten involved training, how fast my son could read a list of 30 words. The goal is 30 words in 30 seconds. My son tended to average around a minute and 30 seconds.

Every child at some point may display one or more of these signs. It does not mean they are all dyslexic. However, if I had known what to look for, each of these signs should have been setting off a bell in my head along the way. In hindsight, by the end of kindergarten, I should have had enough evidence to have my child tested. I allowed myself to fall into the "give it a little more time" excuse. If you suspect a child has dyslexia or any other type of learning disability, you should take action immediately.

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Dyslexia

       

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The term Dyslexia means difficulty with words. "Dys" means "difficulty" and "lexia" means "words." In common terms the word Dyslexia means a disorder in psychological processes associated with reading, language processing, and learning. A person suffering from this disorder experiences difficulty reading, writing, with letters, words, and numbers, as well as reversing letters and words. It is estimated that 10 to 15% of the children suffer from Dyslexia. Children with Dyslexia are confused with letters and numbers and often learn to think in pictures and images instead. There are three types of Dyslexia, Development dyslexia, Trauma dyslexia and Primary dyslexia. Development dyslexia is caused during the early stages of fetus development and is hormonal in nature. This Dyslexia decreases as a child grows up and is mostly found in boys rather than girls. Trauma Dyslexia occurs if the part of the brain that commands reading and writing abilities is injured. Primary Dyslexia does not change with age and is a malfunction in the left side of brain.

Causes of dyslexia are often hereditary in nature and are not caused by any emotional trauma. Children with Dyslexia face problems at school and this negative experience at school often causes behavior problems. The child gets frustrated due to lack of achievement and hence they abstain from going to school. Dyslexic people may have some exceptional strengths. He/She may learn computers before others of similar age, and may be brighter in sports, and possess great creative abilities. Having Dyslexia doesn't mean that the person is dumb or mentally disturbed, they may be average or above average in intelligence. Dyslexic children are more curious than average. As an adult they may turn up being an architect, engineer, doctor, artist, or designer. With accurate diagnosis and specialized help Dyslexic people can lead a normal life and achieve great heights in their career.

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How To Tell If Your Student/Child Has Dyslexia

       

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I work with students, either in small groups or individually, who have difficulty reading. Every once in a while, a pupil comes to me who just doesn't get it. Usually, accommodating the varied learning styles of each student, results in success. When that doesn't work, I start questioning my ability as a reading teacher. The first time it happened I felt that I had let my student down. My next step was to consult the special education experts and the school psychologist. They suggested the possibility that my pupil may have dyslexia. I was surprised to find out how many young people suffer from dyslexia. Dyslexia is difficult to determine until a young person is in their teens.

We all agreed, including the parents, to test the student. Sure enough, he has dyslexia, which got in the way of his ability to process language. I changed my approach to reading instruction, which resulted in some small successes. This high school student is now reading, with minimal difficulty, on a fifth grade level. One year ago he was reading on a second grade level.

Use your team of experts, which includes parents, to be ever vigilant for signs. Because we caught this when we did, this particular student has a fighting chance to go on to bigger and better things.

Common Signs of Dyslexia: High School and College Students

The difficulties noted below are often associated with dyslexia if they are unexpected for the individual's age, educational level, or cognitive abilities. A qualified diagnostician can test a person to determine if s/he is truly dyslexic.

• May read very slowly with many inaccuracies.
• Continues to spell incorrectly, frequently spells the same word differently in a single piece of writing.
• May avoid reading and writing tasks.
• May have trouble summarizing and outlining
• May have trouble answering open-ended questions on tests.
• May have difficulty learning a foreign language.
• May have poor memory skills.
• May work slowly.
• May pay too little attention to details or focus too much on them.
• May misread information.
• May have an inadequate vocabulary.
• May have an inadequate store of knowledge from previous reading.
• May have difficulty with planning, organizing and managing time, materials and tasks.

If you suspect your student/child has dyslexia, I strongly suggest testing as soon as possible. It will save years of frustration and can only help him/her. For more information you can check out the sources below.

Sources:

Basic Facts about Dyslexia: What Every Layperson Ought to Know - Copyright 1993, 2nd 3d. 1998. The International Dyslexia Association, Baltimore, MD.

Learning Disabilities: Information, Strategies, Resources - Copyright 2000. Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities, a collaboration of leading US non-profit learning disabilities, organizations. Used with permission.

Pamela Beers is a freelance writer and educator. Visit her website for more education tips, writing tips, and even an inspirational message. www.pamelabeers.com