Dyslexia is the Most Common Learning Difference

AFFECTING UP TO 20% OF OUR POPULATION TO VARYING DEGREES.

Dyslexia is genetic & often runs in families.

It’s also the reason why EXTREMELY SMART kids struggle in school. Many families struggle for years trying a variety of programs to help their children.

If your child has 3 or more of these signs, dyslexia may be the cause.

Preschool

  • delayed speech

  • mixing up the sounds and syllables in long words

  • chronic ear infections

  • stuttering

  • constant confusion of left versus right

  • late establishing a dominant hand

  • difficulty learning to tie shoes

  • trouble memorizing their address, phone number, or the alphabet

  • can’t create words that rhyme

  • a close relative with dyslexia

Elementary School

  • dysgraphia (slow, non-automatic handwriting that is difficult to read)

  • letter or number reversals continuing past the end of first grade

  • extreme difficulty learning cursive

  • slow, choppy, inaccurate reading: guesses based on shape or context; skips or misreads prepositions; ignores suffixes

  • can’t sound out unknown words

  • terrible spelling

  • often can’t remember sight words (they, were, does) or homonyms (their, they’re, and there)

  • difficulty telling time with a clock with hands

  • trouble with math: memorizing multiplication tables; memorizing a sequence of steps; directionality

  • when speaking, difficulty finding the correct word: lots of “whatchamacallits” and “thingies”

  • when speaking, common sayings come out slightly twisted

  • extremely messy bedroom, backpack, and desk

  • dreads going to school - complains of stomach aches or headaches - may have nightmares about school

High School

All of the above symptoms plus:

  • limited vocabulary

  • extremely poor written expression: large discrepancy between verbal skills and written compositions

  • unable to master a foreign language

  • difficulty reading printed music

  • poor grades in many classes

  • may drop out of high school

Adults

Education history similar to above, plus:

  • slow reader

  • may have to read a page 2 or 3 times to understand it

  • terrible speller

  • difficulty putting thoughts onto paper - dreads writing memos or letters

  • still has difficulty with right versus left

  • often gets lost, even in a familiar city

  • sometimes confuses b and d, especially when tired or sick

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