Children with Reading Disorders

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This learning disability is quite widespread. This disorder is known as

dyslexia, and it is believe to affect as many as 8 percent the elementary school

children. Reading is one of the Big R’s, an ability that is important for

success in our daily lives.

As an adult you pick-up a newspaper, magazine, or any print matter and learn

through reading the material something new or maybe a deeper understanding of

the topic. This process of reading has become second nature to you, but as a

child you had to develop certain tasks.

In your early years of life you learned to focus your attention on the printed

material and in most cases taught to read it from left to right.

As you advance you learned the alphabet, and the sound of the letters. From

there you jumped to the sound of words. Of course there was “Miss English” you

know the type. Marking up your (what you thought) great English paper with red

pencil, and always correcting your English.

But this is a process of learning to read and understand sentences. From this

to reading books some good, some not so good. Your mind began building ideas and

images. New ideas are compared with old and the way you look at new experiences

change your way one thinks. The concepts can be deep thoughts or everyday

experiences are stored in your memory.

But children with dyslexia can have problems with any of these tasks. They can

have a problem separating the sounds in spoken words. Or they might be unable to

simple sound out words, or maybe have trouble rhyming words.

Another problem area the children (or any person with dyslexia) have is to form

images. They sometimes are unable to compare what they know with new ideas or

concepts. This can become a major problem as a student moves from simple word

definition to learn whole idea comprehension. Although this learning disability

seems to be overwhelming, scientists have made great strides. It is important

not to think your child has a learning disability, but he or she must learn

their skills in a different way.

There are many Federal, National, and State organizations and associations

that are able to help children with learning disabilities. I suggest contacting

these services to develop the best program for your child. You will find a list

of this organizations on our website. Go to our web page:

www.delvebookstore.com/learning_disabilies.htm for more information.

The author does not endorse any particular education plan or course of

treatment for any child. He encourage parents to consult with educators and

other professionals who know the child before determining whether the child has

a learning disability and if so how it should be addressed.

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