What is Dyslexia?
- Causes difficulties with word recognition, decoding, and spelling.
- Causes problems with reading and slows down the vocabulary growth.
- Is a neurological disability and can be genetic.
- Is a lifelong disorder that you're born with.
How Dyslexia can Effects lives:
- Many have a hard to using vocabulary to structure their thoughts and engage in conversation.
- Others have a hard to understanding people when they speak.
- These issues ARE NOT due to hearing problems, its from trouble processing verbal information.
Warning Signs of Dyslexia:
Young Children having trouble with:
recognizing and matching letters to sounds
ex. Mown lower other than lawn mower
learning letters, numbers, days of the week
School aged children having trouble with:
remembering facts and numbers
learning how to spell
learning new skills and not relying on memorization as much
reversing letters while reading or writing
Teens and Adults having trouble with:
reading at their age level
What part of the brain causes Dyslexia?
A dyslexic brain vs. regular brain
The Parieto-Temporal lobe
Broca’s area Inferior Frontal gyrus
- articulation/ word analysis
Treatment for Dyslexia:
with help from tutors, teachers, and professionals almost all dyslexic people can become good readers and writers
read out loud, writing, and drawing
at an early age have them write down letters, numbers, and words
have them practice using sight, sound, and touch when learning new things
use books on tape
as in screen readers, and voice recognition computer software