i m not stupid - Diagnosing Dyslexia PART 1 by Japinder Kaur Baweja

Although to some people this disorder may be very noticeable, it can really sneak up on you. Most of the time kids with dyslexia aren't recognized until they are about eight or nine. The most important thing to remember is that is takes time to solve.
Children with dyslexia have average to above average intelligence, but they do not read naturally and easily. Rather they struggle with each reading step, such as learning individual sounds, matching these sounds to letters, and blending a combination of sounds into words. They commonly read slowly and inaccurately and have difficulty pronouncing and spelling many words. If a child cannot "crack the code" of the symbolic language of letters, he may be labeled lazy, unmotivated, or emotionally troubled. For all too many of these children this is simply not true.
Dyslexia is usually first noticed in the classroom, where its identification and diagnosis depend on school procedures and policies that are often unclear, and puzzling to parents. However, since parents will most likely manage how their child is treated by the school, once a child is suspected of having a reading disability, they will have to follow several important steps to assure its identification and diagnosis.
Many teachers lack the appropriate training and experience to identify a young child who is at risk. Although they should assess a child's problems regularly, they often delay frequent evaluation of a young child with reading difficulties until third or fourth grade because they think that the problems are just temporary, and that they will be outgrown. However, this rarely happens. Reading problems are persistent, and studies show that three out of four children who read poorly in third grade continue to have reading problems in high school and beyond.
It is unfortunate that parents cannot rely on school personnel to recognize their child's difficulties. Rather, they need to play an active role in the early identification of a problem. Parents should observe their child and carefully listen to him speak and read. Although one of the best predictors of dyslexia is the inability to recognize, divide and blend sounds, the specific signs of this disorder will vary from child to child.
Early intervention is not a panacea, but it can result in more effective educational planning. Parents can not afford to wait until their child suffers tragic losses in educational opportunity, self-respect, and eventual academic and intellectual achievement.


Target Audience :Parents and Teachers

Teachers of all schools (regardless of whether they are special needs or normal schools) need to have complete awareness of what dyslexia is and when is a student dyslexic. They are one the first ones to come across any academic problem in students. If they are aware of what the child is going through rather than presuming him to be a slow learner, detecting dyslexia at an early stage should not be a problem.

Parents as it is know their child and their developments the best. However, for parents there is an emotional aspect that doesnt want to believe that their child has any problem. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to make parents aware of any academic disability. Only if they know that it is a treatable psychological problem and should be taken care with medical attention, dyslexia could be detected at early stages and cured perfectly.

Being an informative documentary, everyone will benefit from the content. However, my documentary will mainly target Parents and Teachers.

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[MrOzzyowl1997]

im thinking i may have number dyslexia because i have a very hard time in math

[VideoGameCoupons]

thanks for the information.

[purity4all]

i'm dyslexic and spoke very early so not all dyslexics have delayed speech. I actually spoke younger than my cousins who are considered geniuses.I also lacked coordination to some degree, but was one of the best baton twirlers on the team.

[lindagal77]

Irlen Lenses is the solution that had changed my son's life almost drastically. Thank u a million to Dr Doris Ang & E-wei of Irlen Dyslexia Clinic-Singapore, Mrs Dhillion & staffs of Anchor Green Primary School, Mrs Lee; mum of Javier Lee and to all for helping my son. Thank u very, very much! May God bless all of u...

[gurshinderghumann]

Great Job! its awesome.

I am Dyslexic :)