Dyslexia
By kittenmc
@kittenmc (464)
United States
June 10, 2008 5:28pm CST
I have 3 children that have dyslexia, 2 very severe. I pulled them out of school 3 years ago to home school because my little girl's teacher told me if I didn't intervene that she would fall through the cracks. She knew that I have been fighting the school tooth and nail trying to get her help. I knew she had a learning problem, but didn't know what. I had to fight the school some on my middle child, but they didn't fight me as hard because he was a boy. But the school had labeled them more as problem kids, especially my little girl.
When I first pulled them out it wasn't that bad. There was a clinic that tested them, told me what the deal was and was really helping. Then my insurance stop paying. The last 2 years my husband and I have been having money problems. (These factories around here are getting slim. He has been at the same one for 10 years, but I don't see their doors opened very much longer. And when you make $6,000 less a year than you are use to, it hurts!)
So, I can't afford to have them tutored and the cost of these kind of programs are expensive! I have been working with them, but having problems with Spelling mostly. Reading isn't going the best, but we are making progress.
I was wondering if anyone here has a child, works with these kids, or knows a child with dyslexia and if you may be able to give me some advice and how to improve.
2 responses
@Hunnnydew (29)
• United States
18 Jun 08
Hi, I would look up a vision therapy specialist in your area. We went through vision therapy for other reasons and it has helped in several areas, including behavior. Also, if you are schooling at home, I would look into Wanda Sensari's program called Spell to Write and Read. I use this program to teach my kids and it is recommended for dyslexics as well as for everyone. One thing that she discusses is to teach your child cursive first because they can't make reversals with cursive. The campanion curriculum for that is called Cursive First. Both of these will explain why their programs help. I know there is a yahoo group for SWR that is VERY helpful and the author participates in. Good luck!
@lvaldean (1612)
• United States
17 Jun 08
I am dyslexic as is my youngest son. I was wasn't diagnosed until I was much older but for some reason my dyslexia never much prevented me from learning except for math. I was always able to read I just read differently. I knew that I saw words differently from others but I worked it out. I was very far ahead of most of my peers throughout my school years, 2 years in fact.
My youngest son had a much harder time. He also worked it out though. His vocabulary is huge but like me he skips words when he reads going for content and image rather than every word. He also had a really hard time with numbers and thus with math. He "gets" the reasoning and the logic but can't "see" the numbers properly.
Dyslexia falls on a spectrum. Each person has a different problem some more some less. It isn't always letters or words. For each of us though it can be overcome. It is simply a matter of figuring out how we see things. I know that the public school systems can be hard on kids that are "different". I wish that I could give you some advise other than to say that for the most part this is not something will cause your children to fail in life. I haven't, my son hasn't.
@kittenmc (464)
• United States
18 Jun 08
Thank you! I didn't fail in life and neither will my kids, we are survivors and now we know what we are dealing with. They failing part was from the public school system we are in. (narrow minded people) My oldest does very well with math especially higher math. The only thing is he can get the answer in his head, but can't show you how he got the answer. ( He did better in Algebra and Geometry than easier math.)
Thank you so much for your responce.
