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Learn to identify and treat dyslexia in children

Learn to identify and treat dyslexia in children

Parents often also they can not identify the difficulty. Thinking about it, we talked to professionals who specialized in the subject, who explained how to identify dyslexia and how parents and teachers can act to help the child.

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How to identify?

Because it is a language dyslexia, dyslexia only manifests at the end of literacy and in the first school years (1st and 2nd year). The child begins to experience unexpected reading learning difficulties, despite having other skills.

The speech therapist and psycho-pedagogue states that the main school indicator is that the child does not read with the same resourcefulness of the students and the writing presents many faults and changes of letters. "Resistance to reading and writing is becoming more evident, replacing the initial enthusiasm, as a consequence of the frustrations that she begins to experience, not laziness or disinterest," says Clélia.

However, according to Clélia, it is important to remember that not all learning difficulties are of the dyslexia order. Therefore, early diagnosis is necessary, be it dyslexia or another learning disorder.

The later the diagnosis is made, the more the child has low self-esteem and can be excluded by friends

diagnosis, it is important that the teacher joins the professional who will treat the child and thus combines a different way of learning. The psychotherapist of children and adolescents Mirian Barros says that it is not only the psychologist who makes the diagnosis, but the whole teacher, parents, speech therapist, psychopedagogue etc.

The later the diagnosis is made, the more the child is left with the low self-esteem, and can be excluded by groups of friends, and this leads to several problems. Studies have shown that child suicide rates are related to school and, especially, to dyslexia due to bullying. At times, even the teacher can influence low self-esteem, since he can not identify the problem.

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The role of the teacher

The more the positive skills of the dyslexic are highlighted, the more your self-esteem is strengthened. The teacher should not call attention to the difficulties of the child, but to their successes.

Clélia says that the ideal is that children with any special needs are included naturally in the activities of the group, not losing sight of specific difficulties. "With a good pedagogical sense, sensitivity and training of the teacher, he will be able to distribute the tasks according to the possibilities of each one", says the specialist.

School tests and assignments

Made the diagnosis of dyslexia and identified the (9) It is important for the teacher to read the questions aloud to the whole room, and then review this reading individually with the dyslexic, given the doubts he may have in understanding the statements, as Clélia states. The student may also be allowed to answer questions orally, once he or she knows the content of the answers, but has difficulty writing them. Other methods can be used to carry out the tests and work in class, depending on the child's difficulties and abilities.

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Parents and students: how to deal with prejudice

In order to have good coexistence within the classroom, it is extremely important that the teacher does not individualize the dyslexic, but, rather, insert it into the group. He should explain to the class the notion of difference: "If school children are accustomed to realizing that these differences exist and that some need more attention than others, students do not suffer," says psychotherapist Miriam. teacher should explain to the class what dyslexia is, tell which famous and successful people have been and are dyslexic - like Albert Einstein and Bill Gates - and talk to students about the different learning conditions that exist. Clelia says that the educator should never appeal to piety, but to knowledge and understanding. "That's educating!" He says. This action comes together with the parents of both dyslexic and colleagues, who should reinforce this learning.

The role of parents is essential for the full formation of the child.

Psychopedagogue Clélia warns that in the majority of the times, the prejudice comes through the parents, who feel their son wronged by the fact of receiving a different treatment. "In these cases, it is always interesting to hold a parent meeting to discuss the issue, explaining that each has a special need that needs to be addressed," he advises the professional.

Parents of children with dyslexia should understand that what they consider a different treatment in the sense of "facilitate" for the child, it is actually meet their needs. "It's the same as a family of many children, in which everyone is taken care of according to what they need," says Clélia.

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What parents can (and should!) Do

The role of parents is essential for the full training of the child. "They should encourage every success she has, always having a lot of patience, reading and getting informed about it," says Miriam. She says that insofar as parents inform themselves, they see the disorder differently. "Parents should know the disease and understand that this is not a seven-headed animal," says the psychotherapist.

Difficulties in reading and writing are developed through the action of reading and writing, says Speech Therapist Clélia, who recommends helping the reading of the children. But the difference between reading to children and reading with children is important: it is important to visit bookstores or libraries with your children and choose a suitable book for them to read together, exchanging impressions on the books. "Parents should sit next to the child, to accompany the reading with ears, eyes and heart," he says.

After reading, parents can propose questions and answers about each paragraph of the text, ask for it the child will tell what he has read and what he has heard, seek in memory subjects related to the topic of current reading, discover words in the text, among other things that make reading a family activity, a shared reading.

In addition to reading, there are board games that involve general knowledge and can aid in assimilation, such as crossword puzzles. They make reading and writing a joyful thing, not a simple "homework".


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