dyslexia

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on 26/10/00 3:21 PM, vladimir stefanishin at proself@... wrote:

> Also, a few days ago I got a very interesting result with dyslexia.

> If someone of you lives in Utah and suffer from dyslexia, contact me

> off the email group.IT IS NOT A PAID SERVICE, IT IS FREE. I need more

> results.

Could you please briefly tell us what was the 'interesting result with

dyslexia' that you came across ?

I'm very interested.

Dickman

[Guest guest]

> Could you please briefly tell us what was the 'interesting result

with

> dyslexia' that you came across ?

>

> I'm very interested.

>

> Dickman

Dear :

It was one week ago. I trained one woman in my mental technique,

Progressive Self-Regulation (http://www.proself.com). At the end of

the training she told me that she suffered from dyslexia. While

reading, she focused her eyes at the end of a word, not at the

beginning that caused her problems with reading.

This problem was corrected in a few minutes. I have been in contact

with her for two times, and she has not had any difficulties with

reading since this training. On Wednesday, she brought her son for

this training, and some of his problems were corrected as well.

I am not a pro in dyslexia, and it is not a field of my interests (at

least, it was not till this case). However, I would like to try this

approach once more with a few people who are willing to participate

in this experiment and who live in Utah so that people do not waste

their money for the trip. I am just curious whether this technique

can be helpful or not.

Thank you.

Vladimir Stefanishin

Salt Lake City, UT

proself@...

http://www.proself.com

[Guest guest]

Thank you Vladimir for responding to my query. I would be interested to hear

if you have further success in this area, especially with children.

Dickman

on 28/10/00 2:10 PM, vladimir stefanishin at proself@... wrote:

> Could you please briefly tell us what was the 'interesting result

> with dyslexia' that you came across ?

>> I'm very interested.

>>

>> Dickman

> Dear :

>

> It was one week ago. I trained one woman in my mental technique,

> Progressive Self-Regulation (http://www.proself.com). At the end of

> the training she told me that she suffered from dyslexia. While

> reading, she focused her eyes at the end of a word, not at the

> beginning that caused her problems with reading.

>

> This problem was corrected in a few minutes. I have been in contact

> with her for two times, and she has not had any difficulties with

> reading since this training. On Wednesday, she brought her son for

> this training, and some of his problems were corrected as well.

>

> I am not a pro in dyslexia, and it is not a field of my interests (at

> least, it was not till this case). However, I would like to try this

> approach once more with a few people who are willing to participate

> in this experiment and who live in Utah so that people do not waste

> their money for the trip. I am just curious whether this technique

> can be helpful or not.

>

> Thank you.

>

> Vladimir Stefanishin

> Salt Lake City, UT

> proself@...

> http://www.proself.com

[Guest guest]

There are many different types of learning disabilities, and they can

all sound alike. Kody just went through all the testing for LD's so I am

familiar with the whole process. I think that if you have a concern, I

would talk to your doctor about having a complete neuropsych work up

done at a reputable place. It was well worth it, and we have a very

exact answer to how Kody learns and what type of help he needs. You

could wait and have the school do the testing, but I have heard that it

isn't as thorough and that they are biased as to what is easier for

them. The law says that if you pay for the testing then the school has

to go by those findings but if the school pays for the testing first

then they can go by their findings and not what you do later. Kody

happens to have a language/hearing/ learning disability called central

auditory processing disorder. You can find lots of information on LD's

by just putting it into a search engine. Feel free to contact me if you

have other questions.

Diane, Mom to Kody

[Guest guest]

,

This is just a guess on my part, but I've been told in our state that the school

district

won't test a child that doesn't overtly show signs of LD--regardless of the

type. Why?

Because they would have to be responsible for not just paying for administration

of the

test, but paying for the increased cost in your child's education as a result of

the

testing.

So, many school districts here will refuse to test a child that is not obviously

struggling just to stay out of the cost portion of the ration--does that make

sense?

They make parents foot the bill for the testing & then you have to " prove " that

your

tests are valid according to their standards. I hate these situations where

parents are

desperately trying to get resources for their child only to have them stopped by

the

dollar signs of the school district.

I hope that's not the case where you live.

Ray, mother to Tabitha (age 6), Autumn, age 4 (IgG def., asthma, chronic

sinusitis, and allergies), and Duncan (13 months)

>I have asked the school to test her but because she is reading they say she's

not

dyslexic and won't test her. If I read the instructions to her she tends to

understand

them better than if she has to read them herself. I am sooo frustrated as I

have been

trying for over 3 years to help our daughter to no avail.

>

>

[Guest guest]

, Did you know that if you request learning disability testing

from your school they MUST do so within something like 90 days? Push

hard for it!!! Call the school superintendent if you have to, but don't

give up! Another possibility is the route I took, not because the school

wouldn't have tested Kody, they would have because he hasn't made any

progress all year, but because I wanted him to be tested by a reputable

place so that I could trust the results. I discussed Kody's progress in

school with my pediatrician, and he made the referral to a psychologist

that specializes in children and learning disabilities. A complete neuro

psyche eval was then done. By law once you have paid out of your own

pocket for testing, the school has to go by your psychologists findings.

I do have lots of web sites I could send you, but all I did to find them

was put things like " learning disabilities " and " dyslexia " into my

search engine and boom up popped lots of info!! I'll try to pick a few

of the ones I liked the best to send you though!! Good luck! I think

that it is important to stay on top of this with our pid kids because

with them missing so much school it is so easy for the school to use

that as a handy excuse so they fall through the cracks.

Diane, Mom to Kody

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/25/2003 4:48:30 PM Central Standard Time,

tonynmoo@... writes:

> Wes is IgA

> def, thanks to me

Maurita:

I hope I'm not detecting guilt there. After all, you never asked for it

either!!!!!! Like I've told before, I yell because I care. Good to

" hear "

your voice again.

(mom to Kate, born 9/19/02, dairy intolerant; and , age 4, dairy

intolerant -- currently has polysaccharide antibody def, previously had

transient IgG, IgA, t-cell & other defs)

[Guest guest]

Pete,

So, CP5 = F8? I don't have your manual.

Marvin

[Guest guest]

It's roughly where the temporal, occipital and parietal lobes meet on the left,

above the back of the left ear an inch or so.

Pete

>

> From: Marvin Berman <marvinberman@...>

> Date: 2005/02/06 Sun PM 12:07:12 EST

> < >

> Subject: Re: Re: dyslexia

>

> Pete, So, CP5 = F8? I don't have your manual. Marvin

>

>

Van Deusen

http://www.brain-trainer.com

16246 SW 92nd Ave, Miami, FL 33157

305/251-0337 or (cellular) 305/321-1595

[Guest guest]

Pete, thanks for the directions.

Mark sent me the expanded 10-20 site chart and I'm now in the know.

Thanks.

marvin

Marvin H. Berman, Ph.D., CBT, BCIAC(EEG)

President, Quietmind Foundation

600 Germantown Pike Ste. A

Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-1800

Tel. 610-940-0488 Fax. 610-941-9912

email: marvinberman@...

web: www.quietmindfdn.org

On Feb 6, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Van Deusen wrote:

> It's roughly where the temporal, occipital and parietal lobes meet on

> the left, above the back of the left ear an inch or so.

>

> Pete

>

> >

> > From: Marvin Berman <marvinberman@...>

> > Date: 2005/02/06 Sun PM 12:07:12 EST

> > < >

> > Subject: Re: Re: dyslexia

> >

> >    Pete, So, CP5 = F8? I don't have your manual. Marvin

> > 

> >

>

> Van Deusen

> http://www.brain-trainer.com

> 16246 SW 92nd Ave, Miami, FL 33157

> 305/251-0337 or (cellular) 305/321-1595

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Pete, thanks for the directions.

Mark sent me the expanded 10-20 site chart and I'm now in the know.

Thanks.

marvin

Marvin H. Berman, Ph.D., CBT, BCIAC(EEG)

President, Quietmind Foundation

600 Germantown Pike Ste. A

Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-1800

Tel. 610-940-0488 Fax. 610-941-9912

email: marvinberman@...

web: www.quietmindfdn.org

On Feb 6, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Van Deusen wrote:

> It's roughly where the temporal, occipital and parietal lobes meet on

> the left, above the back of the left ear an inch or so.

>

> Pete

>

> >

> > From: Marvin Berman <marvinberman@...>

> > Date: 2005/02/06 Sun PM 12:07:12 EST

> > < >

> > Subject: Re: Re: dyslexia

> >

> >    Pete, So, CP5 = F8? I don't have your manual. Marvin

> > 

> >

>

> Van Deusen

> http://www.brain-trainer.com

> 16246 SW 92nd Ave, Miami, FL 33157

> 305/251-0337 or (cellular) 305/321-1595

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I live in Bergen County NJ. Does anyone know who I can contact for dyslexia

testing. I suspect it in one of my children. THANK YOU

[Guest guest]

There's a battery of tests that the developmental pediatricians use. I doubt

a special ed teacher would be qualified to do it. You can get some of the

tests done through an IEP evaluation - but not sure how much you can trust

the eval - as always - it depends on the professionals involved. Your

pediatrician should also be able to help guide you to resourses in your

area. I gave the details we experienced because unless you have lived it -

there are not too many people out there who can help. Like apraxia - not a

lot of common knowledge - but at least most pediatricians have at least

heard of dyslexia (as opposed to apraxia). Many people - when they think of

dyslexia - focus on the letter reversal, but there is so much more to it.

There is also a component of poor coordination that many kids with dyslexia

have (poor fine and gross motor skills that comes out in poor handwriting.

Spelling is also a very difficult task for dyslexic people - often

mispelling the same word in various different ways even in the same

paragraph. Sequencing tasks and following multi-step directions are also

difficult. Its not that they " just didn't listen " and didn't want to follow

your directions - they can't (and get confused) - just like the apraxic

child " can't " say the desired word. I have to admit, I have a little more

patience with my husband now that I've been reading up more on dyslexia and

see many of the common problems (typical of dyslexia) he has that I find so

frustrating...that maybe it really wasn't his fault that he didn't do the

list of things I asked - I go out of my way to writing things down now, and

he puts everything in his palm pilot to help organize - and less things get

forgotten or not done properly now. But dyslexia really is not something

that goes away - one just learns to cope. Its with you throughout your life.

The brains are literally wired a little differently - not abnormally - just

different. And they learn differently. Interestingly enough many dyslexics

are left handed, boys affected more often than girls - but there are many

girls out there with dyslexia. They also tend to be very creative thinkers.

One of my daughter's teachers actually asked me after we had an eval

confirming our suspected diagnosis of dylexia " Hmmm, dyslexia...is that a

learning disability? " I was shocked at the lack of knowledge. And I adore

this teacher and she's been very helpful. You would think we had the first

dyslexic kid to ever hit the school district. Maybe many kids just went

undiagnosed and struggled through. Even though more professionals have heard

of dylexia compared to apraxia - its still a condition often misdiagnosed.

Without my husband's history and all the nieces/nephews with confirmed dx

after years of struggle (some families addressing it better than others) it

was on our radar screen from the very beginning. Otherwise I'm sure it

wouldn't have been until past 2nd or 3rd grade that we would have figured it

out. Eventually we would have gotten her a private eval with school

failure - but we were very proactive and looking back - it was the best

thing we did for her. -

RE: [ ] Apraxia & Dyslexia link????

wow claudia, thanks so much!!!! My son is having trouble with colors, and

just starting to reconize letters/ and writing his name. he's spec ed

Kindergarten. its so ironic that you gave those things as markers to

dyslexia because those things are what exactly he has trouble with

(recepitvely) thought maybe was the apraxia... might get him tested....

who normally tests and diagonoses dyslexia? sped teacher?

thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed response

chris

[Guest guest]

hi ,

you are very knowledgable and thanks for the info. it may explain the

following direction thing too. he can't ever follow a direction at the first

shot, in a spont. situation. when sitting and focused a little better. now I

may think he laughs to make it joke because that is his coping mechism. wow

thanks sooo much I think this is missing piece to his puzzle. I thought I was

going to have to wait until he started to read but with your advice I am

tackleing it now before he gets really into his habit.

by the way his class uses a multisensory approach to learning the letter, I

think that is why he getting it.

do you ever hear of language processing disorder? can dyslexia look like

this?

thanks again for all the info and that Baron web site too.

chris

<claudiamorris@...> wrote:

There's a battery of tests that the developmental pediatricians use. I doubt

a special ed teacher would be qualified to do it. You can get some of the

tests done through an IEP evaluation - but not sure how much you can trust

the eval - as always - it depends on the professionals involved. Your

pediatrician should also be able to help guide you to resourses in your

area. I gave the details we experienced because unless you have lived it -

there are not too many people out there who can help. Like apraxia - not a

lot of common knowledge - but at least most pediatricians have at least

heard of dyslexia (as opposed to apraxia). Many people - when they think of

dyslexia - focus on the letter reversal, but there is so much more to it.

There is also a component of poor coordination that many kids with dyslexia

have (poor fine and gross motor skills that comes out in poor handwriting.

Spelling is also a very difficult task for dyslexic people - often

mispelling the same word in various different ways even in the same

paragraph. Sequencing tasks and following multi-step directions are also

difficult. Its not that they " just didn't listen " and didn't want to follow

your directions - they can't (and get confused) - just like the apraxic

child " can't " say the desired word. I have to admit, I have a little more

patience with my husband now that I've been reading up more on dyslexia and

see many of the common problems (typical of dyslexia) he has that I find so

frustrating...that maybe it really wasn't his fault that he didn't do the

list of things I asked - I go out of my way to writing things down now, and

he puts everything in his palm pilot to help organize - and less things get

forgotten or not done properly now. But dyslexia really is not something

that goes away - one just learns to cope. Its with you throughout your life.

The brains are literally wired a little differently - not abnormally - just

different. And they learn differently. Interestingly enough many dyslexics

are left handed, boys affected more often than girls - but there are many

girls out there with dyslexia. They also tend to be very creative thinkers.

One of my daughter's teachers actually asked me after we had an eval

confirming our suspected diagnosis of dylexia " Hmmm, dyslexia...is that a

learning disability? " I was shocked at the lack of knowledge. And I adore

this teacher and she's been very helpful. You would think we had the first

dyslexic kid to ever hit the school district. Maybe many kids just went

undiagnosed and struggled through. Even though more professionals have heard

of dylexia compared to apraxia - its still a condition often misdiagnosed.

Without my husband's history and all the nieces/nephews with confirmed dx

after years of struggle (some families addressing it better than others) it

was on our radar screen from the very beginning. Otherwise I'm sure it

wouldn't have been until past 2nd or 3rd grade that we would have figured it

out. Eventually we would have gotten her a private eval with school

failure - but we were very proactive and looking back - it was the best

thing we did for her. -

[Guest guest]

Yes, it can look like a language processing disorder. Take a look at the

Barton website - it lists Risk factors for dyslexia, and also common

diagnoses (or misdiagnoses) that are made that may actually be dyslexia.

There's alot of great basic info on dyslexia on that site. Not to say that

everything is dyslexia - but it is actually one of the most common learning

disabilities - and it is very often misdiagnosed as something else. The

problem is that if these children aren't offered an alternative method of

teaching - they just won't progress past a certain level. But the

Orton-Gillingham-based methods & the mood-Bell systems also works for

other learning disabilities as well.

Interesting that I just found out from reading revolution where my daughter

attends that they actually have several kids with apraxia attending their

classes. I was told that they have had a lot of success with the apraxic

children (although I think it was dyslexia/apraxia that brought the kids to

the active reading clinic). -

Re: [ ] RE: Dyslexia

hi ,

you are very knowledgable and thanks for the info. it may explain the

following direction thing too. he can't ever follow a direction at the

first shot, in a spont. situation. when sitting and focused a little

better. now I may think he laughs to make it joke because that is his

coping mechism. wow thanks sooo much I think this is missing piece to his

puzzle. I thought I was going to have to wait until he started to read but

with your advice I am tackleing it now before he gets really into his habit.

by the way his class uses a multisensory approach to learning the letter,

I think that is why he getting it.

do you ever hear of language processing disorder? can dyslexia look like

this?

thanks again for all the info and that Baron web site too.

chris

[Guest guest]

thanks claudia, this means so much...

chris

<claudiamorris@...> wrote:

Yes, it can look like a language processing disorder. Take a look at the

Barton website - it lists Risk factors for dyslexia, and also common

diagnoses (or misdiagnoses) that are made that may actually be dyslexia.

There's alot of great basic info on dyslexia on that site. Not to say that

everything is dyslexia - but it is actually one of the most common learning

disabilities - and it is very often misdiagnosed as something else. The

problem is that if these children aren't offered an alternative method of

teaching - they just won't progress past a certain level. But the

Orton-Gillingham-based methods & the mood-Bell systems also works for

other learning disabilities as well.

Interesting that I just found out from reading revolution where my daughter

attends that they actually have several kids with apraxia attending their

classes. I was told that they have had a lot of success with the apraxic

children (although I think it was dyslexia/apraxia that brought the kids to

the active reading clinic). -

Re: [ ] RE: Dyslexia

hi ,

you are very knowledgable and thanks for the info. it may explain the

following direction thing too. he can't ever follow a direction at the

first shot, in a spont. situation. when sitting and focused a little

better. now I may think he laughs to make it joke because that is his

coping mechism. wow thanks sooo much I think this is missing piece to his

puzzle. I thought I was going to have to wait until he started to read but

with your advice I am tackleing it now before he gets really into his habit.

by the way his class uses a multisensory approach to learning the letter,

I think that is why he getting it.

do you ever hear of language processing disorder? can dyslexia look like

this?

thanks again for all the info and that Baron web site too.

chris

[Guest guest]

I was sure had dyslexia for the same reasons. The testers kept

assuring me that it was normal to go backwards until around 3rd grade.

She's 9 now, it's almost completely gone. Maybe it just takes our kids

longer to learn this skill? To wrap their brains around it?

Meira

>

> Does anyone have an AS child that has issues with dylexia? My son

has always struggled with writting letters and numbers backwards. Last

year, in Kindergarten, they said it was age-appropriate. He's at the

end of 1st grade now and still does it. He's better, but still bad

with numbers. He sent home work last week writing from 1-100. Over

1/2 of the numbers were backwards and there were no spaces between any

numbers. Should I have him tested for dyslexia or is this just a

visual issue?

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Bobby had the same problem in kindergarten and first grade...wrote everything

backwards and wrote right to left on the paper...they constantly told me it was

normal and by the end of first grade, it was gone.

You might be right meira...just takes them longer to figure it out!

Tami

meiraharvey <meira-harvey@...> wrote:

I was sure had dyslexia for the same reasons. The testers kept

assuring me that it was normal to go backwards until around 3rd grade.

She's 9 now, it's almost completely gone. Maybe it just takes our kids

longer to learn this skill? To wrap their brains around it?

Meira

>

> Does anyone have an AS child that has issues with dylexia? My son

has always struggled with writting letters and numbers backwards. Last

year, in Kindergarten, they said it was age-appropriate. He's at the

end of 1st grade now and still does it. He's better, but still bad

with numbers. He sent home work last week writing from 1-100. Over

1/2 of the numbers were backwards and there were no spaces between any

numbers. Should I have him tested for dyslexia or is this just a

visual issue?

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

I do. I have an 18 yo with HFA and dyslexia and my 7 yo has dyslexia. Writing

backwards is not a sign on dyslexia. They " can " have that problem and I know

that is the first thing people think of when they hear the word " dyslexia " -

that the kids read " backwards " or see words " backwards. " Definitely, it seems

to me a part of the visual/spatial issues. If you feel he has dyslexia, you

should have him evaluated and see what his reading scores are. But a basic part

of having dyslexia is being unable to sound out the parts of words. Can he take

a word like " cat " and say the three sounds that are in it? Can he take three

sounds and tell you what the word is? Those are the kinds of problems kids with

dyslexia have. If you want to read more good information about dyslexia, google

" Sally Shaywitz " - she wrote the best book on the subject but also has shorter

articles online that people can read more about it.

Roxanna

( ) dyslexia

Does anyone have an AS child that has issues with dylexia? My son has always

struggled with writting letters and numbers backwards. Last year, in

Kindergarten, they said it was age-appropriate. He's at the end of 1st grade now

and still does it. He's better, but still bad with numbers. He sent home work

last week writing from 1-100. Over 1/2 of the numbers were backwards and there

were no spaces between any numbers. Should I have him tested for dyslexia or is

this just a visual issue?

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[Guest guest]

was also reading " out of order " at that point. Her

kindergarten and first grade teachers were convinced she was

incapable of learning. As it turns out, they were just incapable of

teaching. My kid anyway... Grrr...

Meira

>

> I do. I have an 18 yo with HFA and dyslexia and my 7 yo has

dyslexia. Writing backwards is not a sign on dyslexia. They " can "

have that problem and I know that is the first thing people think of

when they hear the word " dyslexia " - that the kids read " backwards "

or see words " backwards. " Definitely, it seems to me a part of the

visual/spatial issues. If you feel he has dyslexia, you should have

him evaluated and see what his reading scores are. But a basic part

of having dyslexia is being unable to sound out the parts of words.

Can he take a word like " cat " and say the three sounds that are in

it? Can he take three sounds and tell you what the word is? Those

are the kinds of problems kids with dyslexia have. If you want to

read more good information about dyslexia, google " Sally Shaywitz " -

she wrote the best book on the subject but also has shorter articles

online that people can read more about it.

>

> Roxanna

> ( ) dyslexia

>

>

> Does anyone have an AS child that has issues with dylexia? My son

has always struggled with writting letters and numbers backwards.

Last year, in Kindergarten, they said it was age-appropriate. He's at

the end of 1st grade now and still does it. He's better, but still

bad with numbers. He sent home work last week writing from 1-100.

Over 1/2 of the numbers were backwards and there were no spaces

between any numbers. Should I have him tested for dyslexia or is this

just a visual issue?

>

> ---------------------------------

> Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels

> in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Blake wrote his letters backwards and spelled his name backwards for a

while. I thought dyslexia too but he came out of it. It might be just

too soon to read anything into it yet.

>

> Does anyone have an AS child that has issues with dylexia? My son

has always struggled with writting letters and numbers backwards.

Last year, in Kindergarten, they said it was age-appropriate. He's at

the end of 1st grade now and still does it. He's better, but still

bad with numbers. He sent home work last week writing from 1-100.

Over 1/2 of the numbers were backwards and there were no spaces

between any numbers. Should I have him tested for dyslexia or is this

just a visual issue?

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels

> in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I have a question that isn't DS related but you all have so much knowledge, I thought I'd give it a shot.....

Does anyone have any resources or tips for teaching methods for kids with dyslexia - other than straight memorization?

Thanks so much!Mika, Mom to Grace 18 mos, DS Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by today!

[Guest guest]

Hi Mika,

I have a son, non ds, who is dyslexic. Basically the Orton Gillingham method is

the method of choice for those with dyslexia. Here is a website you can check

out.

http://www.dys-add.com/symptoms.html#sum

Straight memorization typically does not work for a child with duslexia. Why

don't you email off list with questions.

Our son, who is homeschooled, sees a private tutor 2x/wk. For him it is

wonderful, he really needs quiet to work in and I cnnot duplicate the

environment he is in, completely quiet for 1 hour 2x/wk compared to our home

with 6 children 12 and under.

I also think that Brain Gym is awesome for those with learning challenges, all

kinds. Smart Moves is a great book check it out here

ttp://www.amazon.com/Smart-Moves-Learning-Your-Head/dp/0915556375/ref=pd_bbs_sr_\

1/103-4733486-6861447?ie=UTF8 & s=books & qid=1192668993 & sr=1-1

Hope this helps some!

Caroline

---- Mika <mika_nelson@...> wrote:

>

> I have a question that isn't DS related but you all have so much knowledge, I

thought I'd give it a shot.....

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> Does anyone have any resources or tips for teaching methods for kids with

dyslexia - other than straight memorization?

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> Thanks so much!Mika, Mom to Grace 18 mos, DS

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Hi Mika,

I have a son, non ds, who is dyslexic. Basically the Orton Gillingham method is

the method of choice for those with dyslexia. Here is a website you can check

out.

http://www.dys-add.com/symptoms.html#sum

Straight memorization typically does not work for a child with duslexia. Why

don't you email off list with questions.

Our son, who is homeschooled, sees a private tutor 2x/wk. For him it is

wonderful, he really needs quiet to work in and I cnnot duplicate the

environment he is in, completely quiet for 1 hour 2x/wk compared to our home

with 6 children 12 and under.

I also think that Brain Gym is awesome for those with learning challenges, all

kinds. Smart Moves is a great book check it out here

ttp://www.amazon.com/Smart-Moves-Learning-Your-Head/dp/0915556375/ref=pd_bbs_sr_\

1/103-4733486-6861447?ie=UTF8 & s=books & qid=1192668993 & sr=1-1

Hope this helps some!

Caroline

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> I have a question that isn't DS related but you all have so much knowledge, I

thought I'd give it a shot.....

>

> Does anyone have any resources or tips for teaching methods for kids with

dyslexia - other than straight memorization?

>

> Thanks so much!Mika, Mom to Grace 18 mos, DS

>

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by

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I really enjoyed reading ' The Gift of Dyslexia" I don't remember who it's by though. He has a very interesting take on it and also ways to help. He says that people with dyslexia typically think in pictures and as they are reading along, they are not 'reading' the words, but instead seeing the picture the word represents. So when a person with dyslexia comes across a word that either does not have a picture associated with it- such 'the' or 'of'- or they simply do not know the meaning of that word, they falter and then have to stop and look at the sentence as words and somehow this messes up their ability to remember the entire sentence and they just stumble and fall. One thing he had recommended was to create pictures for common site words and he gives an example using the

'the'. Those picture flash cards I had posted a while ago, are just like that!!! I wish I had them years ago with Jack! Anyway- I really liked the book and I thought his theory seemed very logical. He also touches on our vision and where it's 'center' is in our perception. Seems not everyone has the same starting point. Carol in IL AIM doihavtasay1 GigaTribe doihavtasayMom to seven including , 7 with TOF, AVcanal, GERD, LS, Asthma, subglottal stenosis, and DS.My problem is not how I look. It's how you see me. Join our Down Syndrome information group - Down Syndrome Treatment/ Listen to oldest dd's music http://www.myspace.com/vennamusic----- Original Message ----From: Mika <mika_nelson@...> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 1:23:23 PMSubject: RE: Dyslexia

I have a question that isn't DS related but you all have so much knowledge, I thought I'd give it a shot.....

Does anyone have any resources or tips for teaching methods for kids with dyslexia - other than straight memorization?

Thanks so much!Mika, Mom to Grace 18 mos, DS Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by today!

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