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Anne Brocklesby (Understanding)
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Date Posted: 06:59:11 07/20/11 Wed
In reply to:
chrystal
's message, "HELP WHAT CAN I DO" on 20:20:06 05/17/11 Tue
Hello.
When you know your husband has dyslexia, and other family members do too, it is more likely that you will recognise the condition in your children too. My husband has dyslexia, and it transpired that my daughter did too. At primary level I would explain that she had difficulty with spelling and just could not learn her tables, and that I thought she had dyslexia, but no formal help was given in the school system. At secondary level, when I mentioned it, they immediately tested her, and gave additional support. Throughout primary school, I helped my daughter as best I could. We found a dyslexia specialist locally, and she demystified the kinds of difficulties that could arise, like perception of letters, memory and sequencing, etc., and told us about the many famous names who went on to conquer, probably because of their special creativity and other gifts. I took my daughter to see the GP, who referred her for an eye test, and also to the Opthalmology Department at the local hospital where a specialist explained she had laterality, and for a while she wore a patch over one eye, and we continued with the support and help we gave her at home. When she started to get behind in her mathematics - not because she could not do the maths, but more because she could not understand the words that were used to describe the tasks - again I found specialist number help for her. For example, she could not read the time until she was ten and a half, and she had problems with time sequencing, so never could work out complicated arithmetical questions on those lines. However, after one week's intensive sessions for one and a half hours a day during the half term week, my daughter's understanding and ability to handle the questions really shot up. Her confidence rose enormously when she did extremely well in the term tests. Specialist help really can make that difference. Really important also is to support your children as best you can. I read a lot about dyslexia and got books out of the library about learning to read, and write, etc. And I spent a lot of time reading to my children, and when they did not know the words we used phonics when we could, or whole word recognition, or I would step in and say the difficult words. Reading is supposed to be fun, and some children seem to take a lot longer than others to be able to follow the letters and understand the words. We tried coloured tints too, on the page, and perhaps rose did help. Eventually my daughter became a good reader, and as for writing, once she had overcome her lack of confidence to use difficult words, she could say, but not write, she produced interesting creative writing too. Best of luck to you.
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