First of all, tell all parents not to be scared because reading is a learning process that varies and also that each child usually has his own rhythm.
Although, it is important to start worrying when a child passes the age of 7 and still cannot read.
The school is usually the first to alarm families. Of course, school usually does it before the age of 7.
Then, always depending on the situation of each child, the school refers the parents to therapists where considers they can help them.
Espai Tau Kids is one of these centers that many schools in Barcelona recommend to parents and many parents come to us for help.
Regarding the difficulties when reading: there are many possibilities that should be highlighted so that we, the therapists, are sure of the type of problem that the child has and why. There it would be necessary to know if dyslexia may be the reason, if there is some other learning disorder or if some or several sounds were simply not acquired well enough when learning them. We call that phonological awareness, which is super important when children start learning the sounds of letters in school.
For this reason, for us, this process mentioned above is essential and without having done it, an individualized and personalized therapy cannot be started.
Once all this has been evaluated and assessed, the treatment begins together with the school and the child’s parents.
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