Dyslexia? People Often Fail to See the Bright, Intelligent Child You Know

Raising a dyslexic child can be bewildering. Teachers often fail to see the bright inquisitive intelligence and simply focus on the failures.

Reports with “could do better”, “lazy!”, “Does not try”, “Does not listen”, and other equally destructive labels are not uncommon.

Other parents are often dismissive… focused mainly on who is on what reading book, unaware of the curiosity and creativity hidden within.

The traditional, well-intentioned advice for learning to read and write: Endless repetition.

Multisensory approaches (such as Orton-Gillingham) allow dyslexic children to read, up to a point. But often that reading does not result in a love of reading or even an ability to understand and remember what has been read.

Reading and re-reading, and endless comprehension exercises make some impact, but students often still have to read again and again in an effort to extract meaning as they reach adulthood.

Working on spelling has some effect, but the spelling and grammar are often completely forgotten when the child has to focus on the content… or the content is okay but the spelling and grammar are not happening. Often well meaning helpers simply do their work for them instead of teaching them how to do it for themselves.

Your child is just as frustrated as you are.

Nobody seems to understand them. They are fighting to get good grades, fit in, and “be normal”, but it just doesn’t work like that. It’s not your fault – you’ve been doing all you can to help them.

Sure, they can read materials over and over again and endlessly write and rewrite essays, but at higher educational levels, that just doesn’t cut it. When reading the words is slow, they may not remember what they have read. Perhaps they can read effectively but getting ideas down on paper.

They may get passing grades through hard work and commitment, but they never get scores that match their intelligence.

Here’s the reality…

They not only need to learn how to learn effectively and get their ideas down in writing. They also need to discover the strengths of their special abilities and how to use them to their advantage.

Reading and writing words and sentences will only get them so far. Reading and writing are about communication. Unless their skills are good enough to find, understand and think about new information and then express their unique creative responses in writing, they are not doing well. More importantly, they need to discover what their genuine thinking style is and how to communicate their ideas effectively.

If what you’ve been working with hasn’t given you the results you wanted, it’s time to try something different.

We can help you understand how your child really learns.

We aren’t here to teach curriculum content such as math, chemistry, or any specific subject. We’re here to teach you and your child how they learn and how to take advantage of their unique ways of thinking. Our goal is to help them become independent lifelong learners.

It’s not that they are “learning disabled” or stupid. They think and learn differently.

A specialist tutor who also understands their neurovdevelopmental uniqueness can help them develop approaches and strategies so they can uncover their own unique strengths.

Think about it. Dyslexia is a genetic trait that has evolved over millions of years and appears everywhere around the world. So maybe it has an evolutionary advantage, or it would have died out. Dyslexics are often creative problem solvers who make connections others miss. Your child needs to learn how to use these abilities to their benefit.

Once they learn how to explain their answers they can often get the grades they deserve.

In our experience, their creative problem solving is often lost because it is not explained well. Once they learn to explain their solutions to others, they often don’t just keep up with their classmates, they can even excel. As students and their families start to see an improvement, the tension at home and at school often dissolves to be replaced by hope – and understanding.

We suggest you use these four steps to achieve success with your dyslexic child:

Investigate with us what’s really going on.
Develop your child’s true learning potential through an individualized neurodevelopmental home program.
Work with a specialist dyslexia tutor who actually understands what dyslexia is, to develop strategies for effective learning
Apply what you’ve learned to help your child become an effective, independent lifelong learner.

If you would like to talk with one of our experts to discuss what would be the best approach to support your dyslexic child, book a free consultation today.

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