Dyslexia Diagnosis and Therapy
What is Dyslexia?
Studies show that dyslexia is largely an inherited condition. The number one risk factor is known or suspected dyslexia in the family tree. There is a 50% chance that a child will have dyslexia if one of his or her parents has it. Dyslexia is not a rare disorder! 20% of our population has dylexia, indicating in a typical classroom of 30 students, 5 or 6 will have dyslexia.
Dyslexics find it extremely difficult to read, write, or spell, despite being smart enough and motivated.
Dyslexia is among the leading causes of illiteracy, dropping out of high-school, juvenile delinquency, and drug abuse.
The causes of Dyslexia have been discovered to be the following:
- The structure of the brain is physically different
- Language processing occurs in different areas of the brain in individuals with Dyslexia
- Nerve pathways are different around Sylvan’s fissure. The language processing areas of the brain, Broca's and Wernicke’s Area, are located just below that area.
You don’t outgrow it
All children will reverse letters while learning. However, after 2 years of handwriting instruciton and practice these reversals should be corrected. Children with dyslexia often continue with letter and number reversals.
Reading mistakes are highly predictable.
By the fourth grade, dyslexic children have difficulty masking their weaknesses.
Adults with Mild Dyslexia
- Slow readers
- Terrible spellers
- Can’t prove their intelligence on paper
- Trouble learning a foreign language
- Still have trouble with left and right
- Still confuse b and d