Dyslexia

[Paula]

My daughter has been tested by school's psychologist this spring and we got the results yesterday. Yeps, my daughter has dyslexia. Narrow field something something (all that psych jargon), with short term work memory (if she reads long sentances she forgets the beginning when she gets to the end),  some difficulties to perceive spatial dimenssion (who didn't) and mild difficulties of staying focused in task at hand (especially if she isn't interested) but not nearly bad to call it attention disorder (the results were actually varied in that so much that she admitted it could be just having a "bad day").  She was above average in verbal skills so it wasn't all bad.
I'm not surprised by the results, after all, I've followed her struggle with her reading. It also means she'll need extra help with her reading and math. However, now that we got her officially tested, it will be easier to get that help for her.

[emma]

*hugs* There are plenty of things they can do to help - the son of a friend of mine had problems 'seeing' numbers on a white background, which is a very rare thing.  In the end he has to wear glasses for maths lessons to turn the pages pink so he can see and understand numbers.

[Miriah]

My younger brother and my dad have the same problem with dyslexia. But my dad became a voracious reader. My little brother was actually helped by reading graphic novels.

[Len]

*hugs you tight* my son has had to be in speech therapy for the past year. I feel your pain...it'll be okay mum!! *another hug*

[Suzee]

I've had these issues with a couple of my kids but the grew up fine and well adjusted. They have good jobs and families of their own.

The hardest was the son with ADHD. He just saw all the information at once. Like a 4 lane highway coming at him all at once. Learning to focus was difficult but once he got that down, he excelled. Of course there were times I had to sit on him(not literally) to get him to do it.

Ultimately, you're in a good place once you have the diagnosis.

All the best of luck!!

[Ames]

**Big hug**

I've not had kids of my own with these problems but have dealt with SO many over my years as a teacher. I also tutor alot of children with these problems after school and in the summer. Not sure about differences between schools here and there, but if you ever need help with the 'jargon' I'm a certified reading specialist here in the States and have done ALOT of research on kids with reading problems.  I have simple suggestions and things I normally offer to families, so if you need help with any of that let me know. I'd be more than happy to do what I can.

[Paula]

Thank you a lot! Dyslexia isn't unheard of in my side of family, which why I started to suspect when she didn't learn read properly. She knew all the letters, she could copy texts and she had good, large vocabulary, so how didn't those letters just connect to words correctly? My father probably has it, never diagnosed, and one of my cousins certainly have it. Didn't prevent her graduation from University (college for you in US).

My work mate told about her son, who has it and that son is artistically talented, studying art and designing.

I'm bit worried how she'll do when she start to learn english next august. On other hand, we have relatives in England so she just might be motivated enough to want to learn it.

[emma]

I bet if she realizes she can actually talk to people over here and make herself understood when you visit it will make a difference.