Posts filed under 'Dyslexia'
This email was recently sent to me and I have posted it, incase anyone can help with the school suggestion.
Recently my 6 year old was diagnosed with dyslexia and adhd. We have enrolled him into a school that teaches the Orton Gillingham method. We will be moving to Melbourne, VIC and needed to find a school similar if there are any. We hear that you may only need a couple of years if caught early and it’s severity.
I have been searching the web for Australia Melbourne schools but they don’t have any listed for dyslexia.
May 6th, 2009
We’re soon to be setting up a kids blog and I will be the one running it.
Any kids out there with dyslexia or hey just need to talk someone feel free to e-mail.
I will try my best to answer all your questions and give advice to the best of my abbility, and any of the tequnical questions im not able to answer dawn will be sure to assist.
Continue Reading April 3rd, 2009
Thankyou so much for all your help and for making Lochey realise that he’s not dumb. You are a wonderful person and really appreciate your help!
Eliza C. Knapman
Aromatherapist
Uniting Church Homes
April 1st, 2009
I am the mother of three children aged 6, 8 and 10 who are all dyslexic. Although we have moved to a village where the school has excellent references etc My children are not benefiting after 5.5 years of primary school my 10 year old only has a spelling age of 7. I have been in constant contact with the school since my son started as I thought he was dyslexic although not as bad as his father. We have had him privately diagnosed as moderately dyslexic
Continue Reading March 26th, 2009
My daughter aged 10 has just be diagnosed with global learning difficulties can you please tell me what is the difference between that and dyslexia?
Continue Reading March 26th, 2009
I am very concerned about my 8 year old son. He is very bright however has very poor handwriting., which is bringing his marks down. Please help
HI,
You have to know why his handwriting is poor, he could have Motor problems, be dyspraxic or dyslexic or Asperges Syndrome, if you want to help it. There are tick tests for some of these on my site and a check list for others. However if this is the only problem then teach him word processing skills and put him on a computer. Handwriting is not actually needed nowadays except at school. hey do very little of it in Bill Gates Schools.
cheers
dawn
February 11th, 2009
After my daughter was diagnosed by Dawn as being Dyslexic I purhcased her book and read it cover to cover. I also purchased her book for teachers and the parent guide. All are easy to read, are very interesting and include relevant case studies and behaviours relating to a dyslexic person and even non dyslexic people (such as myself).
Continue Reading February 3rd, 2009
please please can you help my daughter who is 9 and a twin got statemented in feb 2007 school is not much help really , she has a helper who is always sick and helps other children more than my daughter i think ,i also thinks she has dyslexia as words are written back to front cant do maths i could go on where do i go now im stuck please if you could be so kind as to advise me thank you
Okay. Start with my tick tests, found on my sites. If she comes across as dyslexic then get the dyslexic pack or just the book, and most of what you need is in there. Either you can do the work with her yourself, its very easy and mostly games, or you can get the teachers aid or school to do it. The phonics course is written for parents and very simple to follow and fun.
If she comes as dyspraxic then you need to read the book on dyspraxia as well so as to understand why she is like she is and follow the simple games etc I describe. I have written these books to make it easy for parents and am selling them to raise money to set up my own dyslexic centre.
Try not to panic. Remember that its not about labels, its about understanding why your daughter is having the problems and how she best learns and then teaching her that way. The book Dyslexia- How to Win has tests that show you how she learns and then explain how to teach her. different children learn differently and its all about knowing the child’s learning strengths.
good luck
Dawn
January 12th, 2009
Hi, my 7 yo Alex has been diagnosed with dyslexia, ADD and possible Auditory Processing Disorder. Despite 2 years of support at school plus Ot nd Speech since the age of 2.5, we are reading at begining kindy level still, showing little improvement and he is becoming increasingly frustrated and depressed. I am in Wollongong NSW and desperatly want to help him but dont know what to do know as what we have been doing is not working. His IQ came3 in as quite low but he did not want to be in the testing room and made no effort. I am looking for a tutor or program along the Orton Gillingham method. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I no one is trained in this method, is it possible to buy this program so i can impliment it at home. I am deperatly trying to find some way to help my boy. God bless, I hope you can help.
hi, Thanks for your email. Now first i should say that Auditory Processing Disorder is part of dyslexia, most dyslexic have this . And just about every dyslexic is diagnosed as having ADD in Australia so do not worry about that, and please do not give him drugs.
Secondly if his self esteem was low when he was tested his IQ would register as low , but i have never met a Dyslexic who was did have a really low IQ. So just treat his as an ordinary child . you are the parent you will know best.
Dyslexics learn differently from other kids and what he needs is teaching in a different way, then he will improve. I explain all about this and show you how to teach a dyslexic in my book Dyslexia – How to Win, and i designed the games etc for parents who need to teach their own kids. I am trying to help with these books.
But let me also say that all dyslexics are gifted and that half of self made millionaires are dyslexic. Please see this page of my site. The single most important thing that dictates his success is understanding that he is dyslexic and what it really means. I talk about this a lot in the book.
Sir Jammie Oliver is still very weak at reading and writing and dictates all his books.
Get back to me with any more questions but remember most of what i know, as a dyslexic and a teacher is in this book. Please read it. It really does work, and you can download it for $20.
good luck
cheers
dawn
January 9th, 2009
Dear parents
IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR SONS/DAUGHTER’S FUTURE, PURSUE THE DYSLEXIA ISSUE, AND DO NOT REST UNTILL SATISFIED.
Continue Reading January 9th, 2009
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