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My child needs help overcoming dyslexia. Where do I begin?
The first step in getting help for a dyslexic child is to determine
which particular skills that are a problem for the child. Dyslexics have problems to a greater or lesser degree with a variety of skills related to reading, hand printing,
spelling, composition and math. A good way to begin is to take our Checklist
of Dyslexic Problems.
Once you have determined the areas or skills which need the most improvement
for your child, you can choose E-Lessons, books, webinars, or other teaching
materials and lessons which will help your child to learn those skills
in a way which caters to their learning differences. You will be amazed
at how rapidly your child´s skills will improve in such areas as reading,
writing, composition, and math once they receive teaching in a way that
accommodates their right-brained learning style.
WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?
Dyslexia is a Latin word meaning "trouble with words". Here
at Dyslexia Victoria Online we believe that dyslexia is a learning difference,
not a disability. Problems with hand printing, reading, spelling, composition and arithmetic are caused by this learning difference and not a lack of intelligence
or effort on the part of the student.
During the learning process, the left side of the brain deals with abstract concepts such as numbers and letters and logical ideas. The right side of the brain deals with whole concrete images. In order for a dyslexic or right-brained student
to learn something new, they have to be trained in how to change the whole concrete images of the right side of the brain into the "language of the left side of the brain" which is letters, words, and numbers. Only once the information has been translated for the left side of the brain can the student think and reason using a new concept.
We have developed a teaching method called the Turner-Hope Method which
is designed to work with this learning difference and is highly successful
for teaching dyslexic children the skills which are often a problem
in school and later in life.
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