Dyslexia

Children with dyslexia English 111 Essay 2 Twania D. Clark September 22, 2011 Instructor: Craig A. Bubec My nephew Jeremy is in the 8th grade and had an IEP done about a month ago. My sister was told that his reading level was at a 1st grade reading level. It has taken the school system more than 7 yrs to identify him with even have a problem at all. Dyslexia is a problem that veers from poor reading skills. It causes difficulty in learning to read due to one or more issues in processing the way a child sees information, ineffectiveness to comprehending instructions, or the way they hear words or sounds deficiencies. Children with dyslexia have a hard time with reversal of numbers, letters, or words. Their inability to read and understand can cause serious obstacles as they become adults. Children with dyslexia problems can usually be diagnosed with having a brain dysfunction. There is no quick fix to solving dyslexia problems, it could take anywhere from 1 to 3 years depending on the amount of support from tutoring a child is given. Ineffectiveness to reading instructions is due to lack of poor reading skills, and they have a tendency to take on a short tension span. This ineffectiveness can also develop academic and behavioral problems to diminish within the child and can also affect the child’s social performance. They usually fail to have the ability to sound out words; many children just stumble and predict when they have poor study habits, and then become extremely disappointed to continue on. Early warning signs should be caught by the time a child reaches 3rd grade level in order not to fall further behind their peers. Children with this disorder usually have problems following directions. Visual perceptual difficulties are when a child's eyes may be sufficient, but they can't make sense of what they see, therefore, causing them to have difficulty understanding sentences they may be reading. Their brains get an error in processing the data which the eye takes in. They may reverse letters or words. They may have trouble matching a word image with what’s stored in their brain. This is a compelling reason why phonics should be used to help overcome this problem. Auditory perceptual can be defined as difficulty in listening or comprehending auditory information. It is a condition wherein a person does not handle speech/language correctly. A child may have delayed speech or stuttering problems. Learning the early warning signs of dyslexia can help the parent better prepare the child for reading and comprehension skills he/she will need. We as parents need to create an appropriate course of study for our children, so they can succeed in life. The child may require that one on one tutoring to render out his/her weakness. They should play games like Simon Says, touch right foot; raise left hand, puzzles, connect the dots, memory games, and etc. We must stress how vital it is to have a cognitive approach on this issue. There have been many famous people with this problem, and they’ve been able to overcome their difficulties. Don’t wait for this to fester, have your child tested as early as possible, so that they may use the proper tutoring as needed.