| Dyslexia is a condition that describes a certain | | | | is hard for them to understand others. |
| dysfunction in learning due to a disorder of the | | | | However, it is not the end of the world for these |
| central nervous system. The manifestation is | | | | kids because with proper training and special |
| difficulty in reading and spelling. This condition has | | | | education methods and approaches in instruction, |
| something to do with how the brain interprets | | | | they can do as good as kids their age. A properly |
| language and numerical symbols. Children with | | | | facilitated learning scheme can greatly aid children |
| dyslexia are not necessarily dumb but the | | | | with learning disabilities. Handling children with |
| abnormal brain interpretation function hampers | | | | special conditions is out of the hands of typical |
| learning. Though teaching kids with this special | | | | teachers. Only trained special education teacher |
| condition is tough, it does not have to be | | | | can handle kids with dyslexia because the wrong |
| impossible. | | | | instruction could cause frustration among dyslexic |
| The matter with dyslexics is all of them don't | | | | children. However, the condition should be |
| display the same symptoms, so one technique | | | | detected early for proper assistive methods to |
| that works for one may not work for the other. | | | | be conducted. Children with dyslexia can still learn |
| The condition is known to be inherited, so parents | | | | but not in the same manner that typical children |
| with dyslexia have a high possibility of having | | | | can. |
| children with the same condition. Some kids with | | | | Appropriate education and training for dyslexics |
| the condition experience inability to read the way | | | | are everywhere and there are centers devoted |
| normal kids do. Some display confusion even with | | | | for children with this special condition. A |
| simple words, such that WAS may be read as | | | | multisensory learning milieu (where the aural, |
| SAW. In many dyslexic children, there is an | | | | visual, and touch faculties work together in |
| obvious and exaggerated confusion with words | | | | harmony) can stimulate learning in the right way. |
| with similar construction. When reading of words is | | | | One of the important aspects of special training |
| impaired, so follows writing. At a critical period of | | | | for dyslexics is spelling training, which concentrates |
| language development when children usually learn | | | | much on vowel and consonant sounds. Learning |
| a wide variety of words, dyslexics are left behind. | | | | phonetic sounds is basic in learning to read. Once |
| When the child is left without the proper learning | | | | the relationships between vowels, consonants, |
| aids and tools, he or she could have difficulty | | | | diphthongs, and clusters and their corresponding |
| developing his or her language. This impairment | | | | sounds are established, learning to read and spell |
| affects learning in all scales and all subjects. | | | | becomes easier for these children. |
| Another problem experienced by people with | | | | Also applicable for typical kids, repetition and drills |
| dyslexia is they are incapable of understanding | | | | for mastery are also important for dyslexics. But |
| speech because the brain is incapable of | | | | for them, instruction and training is more intense, |
| processing verbal stimulus. Thus, even if they | | | | often including much of relationships between |
| listen to a well spoken story or poem, they will | | | | letter combination and their sounds in different |
| have difficulty understanding what they have | | | | words. This teaching includes learning materials, |
| heard. The result is their speech department is | | | | such as flashcards and games. Visual tools and |
| also impaired to some extent depending on the | | | | audio drills are also significant tools for effective |
| degree of their dyslexia. | | | | learning. Dyslexia spelling help improves the |
| As a whole, the language facility of these children | | | | language ability of children. A good way of |
| is impaired, with all the faculties (reading, writing, | | | | motivating them is by allowing them to see their |
| listening, and speaking) affected. Thus, it is difficult | | | | improvement. As much as possible training should |
| for them to convey their thoughts as much as it | | | | be fun and not stressful. |