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Tutoring an adult niece w/dyslexia

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Christine

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Date Posted: 20:25:00 04/11/09 Sat

Hello! I have an adult niece (30s) with dyslexia. She wants to attend college, and has been enrolled in a school that treats dyslexics. I'm new to this (though I have a male friend that is dyslexic) and would appreciate some advice. I've read about the use of color,and it makes sense. I want to help her succeed, but I don't know where to start!

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John (Positive approach)
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Date Posted: 16:22:58 04/13/09 Mon

I'd go to formal organisations for advice on supporting the studies of anyone with dyslexia. A formal assessment of your niece�s precise needs may have been done, but that seems the place to start. I have found particular types of software very helpful, but everyone is different, with different strengths in different needs, with different likes and dislikes. Support your niece to make her own choices. That's the start of her real education. "Life-long learning" they call it.

The best thing would be for your niece to take charge of her own learning, her own future. Contacting a local dyslexia association should help your niece to find access to things like assistive technology -- like the software I use for example. She should be able to get advice on study techniques, tutoring approaches and what help and advice there is -- like seminars and information sessions, especially free ones.

The site at the start of this Dyslexia Adults Link Discussion Forum:
http://www.dyslexia-adults.com/
or google "dyslexia", "dyslexia adults", "dyslexia association ", and you'll find a path to international, national, and local associations.

I would wish you good luck, but you don't need it. You and your niece can make your own luck.