living one day at a time
My son has been using the Susan Barton Reading & Spelling program since his diagnosis in 2013. We are more than half way through the program! He has become a better and confident speller. Yes, he still asks me how to spell things, but I am amazed at how much more skilled he has become.
I know this is not the only program that works, but it has to be explicit, systematic and multi-sensory.
Here is a link to what the International Dyslexia Association Recommends:
Ligia
In honor of Dyslexia Month, I would like to share three myths about dyslexia:
1. People with dyslexia see things backwards- They do not see things backwards.
“Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.” International Dyslexia Association
2. People with dyslexia can’t read at all-they actually do fine for a while but they hit a wall in 3rd grade when words get bigger and the pictures are gone. Some kids can fly under the radar for even longer.
3. Dyslexia is rare – wrong again
1 out of 5= 20%
It is not uncommon to be accompanied with dysgraphia
And 30% have either ADD/ADHD
It’s not uncommon to have both
50%-50% right handed/left-handed 10% of population is left handed
50%-50% girls/boys
I have not really posted about ADD even though I am pretty sure my son has it. According to many specialist ADD and Dyslexia go hand in hand. Here is what Everyday Health Says:
For many children, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the learning disorder dyslexia go hand-in-hand. As many as one in four children with ADHD also have dyslexia, while between 15 and 40 percent of children with dyslexia have ADHD.
Here is another website:
Approximately 60 to 100 percent of children diagnosed with ADHD also have two or more other related conditions and one of the most notable conditions is dyslexia.
So, both say ADHD but its the same for ADD. I am sharing this because the author of the book Healing ADD Revised Edition: The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of ADD
I have purchased his new book recently and plan to watch the seminar. I can’t wait.
Please join the Healing the ADHD Brain: Interventions and Strategies That Workwebinar with Daniel Amen, M.D., on Thursday, June 18, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Time (12 p.m. to 1 p.m. CDT and 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. PDT).