Dyslexia is the inability to read properly due to a disorder o the brain, which causes the victim to confuse various letters. Dyslexia is sometimes known as 'word blindness'. Dyslexia is a specific neurological disorder, and not the result o poor hearing or vision, or intelligence.
A child with dyslexia has difficulty in reading, spelling and written language. Dyslexia children may also face problems with numbers and memory, and may be clumsy. He may have difficulties with the spoken language too besides confusion in identifying written symbols – letters and numbers. Dyslexia is different from mere slowness in learning to read, and does not indicate low intelligence – some dyslexic children are above average intelligence. Dyslexia is difficult to diagnose, although special tests for children have been devised, and it may be present to some degree in one person in 20. if your partner is dyslexis then your child is 17 times more likely to suffer dyslexia.
When parents become aware of the gap between their child's obvious intelligence and his level o achievement in specific areas, then it is a cause for worry, for then he has dyslexia. You may find that your child has problems perceiving letters in the correct order, or he may confuse similarly shaped letters such as b and d, and p and q. he may have poor coordination, difficulty in remembering lists of words, numbers or letters, and the order of everyday things, such as days o the week. He is unable to tell left from right and jumbles up phrases, saying 'babby's dady' instead of 'daddy's baby'. In school he will have difficulty in learning nursery rhymes and spellings. He also finds it much more difficult to balance on one leg than children who don't have dyslexia.
If your child has dyslexia, first do acknowledge that he has a problem, and don't live in the false hope that he will catch up or will learn to read eventually. Be supportive and positive, especially if he has problems at school. Engage your child with lots of educational games.
As your child is slow in learning, and maybe far behind others in his skills at school, his self-confidence will be at a low ebb. He needs a lot of assurance and support from you at home, so be patient with him; encourage him to do things that he is good at, so that he gets back his confidence, and becomes determined to do things for himself. If he finds it difficult to handle a particular task, allow him to do it slowly and tell him not to give up.
You can help him at home by playing home-learning games. Play clapping games. Give one clap for each syllable of a word, and get your child to repeat it. Tell him to say as many words as he can, beginning with a particular letter. Make him sing songs or recite rhymes that involve sequence of things, like days o a week, or months of a year. Give him a group of words, and ask him to pick the odd one out. Encourage your child to trace words or letters, or to make letters out of plasticine.
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