Friday, October 28, 2011

Dyslexia - Children's Disorder

By Rachel McKenzie


Dyslexia is a condition of the nervous system. Children are born with this condition, and it can run in families. Recognizing and sounding out words is a struggle. People with this disorder cannot easily pair up sounds with the letter symbols for the sounds. They mix up letters in words. And they may read slowly and not retain much of what they read. Plenty of smart and talented people struggle with dyslexia. But dyslexia doesn't have to keep a kid down. With some help and a lot of hard work, a kid who has dyslexia can learn to read and spell.

So a kid who has dyslexia will read slowly and might make a lot of mistakes. Sometimes he or she will mix up letters in a word, such as reading the word "was" as "saw." Words may blend together wrong. Trying to read and dealing with dyslexia makes a kid's brain really tired really fast. Normally by Dyslexia a person's brain has trouble processing letters and sounds. In effect it makes it tough to break words into separate speech sounds, like b-a-t for bat. When it's hard to do that, it's really hard to connect speech sounds to different letters, like "buh" for b, and blend them into words.

Dyslexia is usually spotted in children by a school psychologist or learning specialist. It is the most common cause of reading, writing, and spelling problems among children in school. Kids with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to have dyslexia than other children.

Normally reading and spelling are so hard for those who have dyslexia. So they might get frustrated, angry, or sad. They will not be interested in being in a different reading group than their friends or having to see a special reading tutor. But providing this help is so important and will help them go on to do big things in life. A few of the most creative and successful people have dyslexia, but it didn't stop them from tracking their dreams.

Although dyslexia has no cure, it can be managed successfully. Many schools now have trained teachers and specialists who can help children overcome common reading and spelling problems. Parents of dyslexic children can also help by taking on a larger role in their children's education. Though dyslexia has no cure, it can be managed successfully. Several schools now have trained teachers and specialists who can help children overcome common reading and spelling problems. By taking on a larger role in the children's education parents of dyslexic children can also help.




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