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Learning Solutions for Dyslexia offers private one-on-one tutoring with a certified Dyslexia learning specialist and certified AMI Primary Montessori teacher for individuals ages 5 1/2 - Adult.

We also offer consulting services to schools and educators on how to better meet the needs of students and families managing Dyslexia.

 

What is Dyslexia

The National Institute of Health definition:

Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word

recognition, and by poor spelling and decoding abilities.

These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.

The International Dyslexia Association definition:

Dyslexia is a neurologically-based, often familial disorder which interferes with the acquisition and processing of language.

Varying in degrees of severity, it is manifested by difficulties in receptive and expressive language, including phonological processing, in reading, writing, spelling, handwriting, and sometimes in arithmetic.

Dyslexia is not the result of lack of motivation, sensory impairment, inadequate instructional or environmental opportunities, or other limiting conditions, but may occur together with these conditions. Although Dyslexia is lifelong, individuals with Dyslexia frequently respond successfully to timely and appropriate intervention.

Strengths of People with Dyslexia

Although their unique brain architecture and "unusual wiring" make reading,writing, and spelling difficult, most people with

dyslexia have gifts in areas controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain. The right controls: 

  • Artistic skill
  • Athletic ability
  • Musical ability
  • Mechanical ability
  • People skills
  • 3-D visual-spatial skills
  • Vivid imagination
  • Intuition
  • Creative global thinking
  • Curiosity

For a list of Famous Dyslexics click here

Warning Signs of Dyslexia

If a child has 3 or more of the following warning signs, encourage that child's parents and teachers to learn more about dyslexia.

In Preschool:

  • Delayed speech
  • Mixing up the sounds and syllables in long words
  • Chronic ear infections
  • Severe reactions to childhood illnesses
  • Constant confusion of left versus right
  • Late establishing a dominant hand
  • Difficulty learning to tie shoes
  • Trouble memorizing their address, phone number, or the alphabet
  • can't create words that rhyme
  • A close relative with dyslexia

In Elementary School:

  • Dysgraphia ( slow, non-automatic handwriting that is difficult to read)
  • Letter or number reversals continuing past the end of first grade
  • Extreme difficulty learning cursive
  • Slow choppy, inaccurate reading
         - guesses based on shape or context
         - skips or misreads prepositions (at, to, of)
         - ignores suffixes
         - can't sound out unknown words

  • Terrible spelling

  • Often can't remember sight words (they, were, does) or homonyms (their, they're, and there)
  • Difficulty telling time with a clock with hands
  • Trouble with math

        - memorizing multiplication tables

        - memorizing a sequence of steps

        - Directionality

  • When speaking, difficulty finding the correct word 

    ( lots of "whatyamacallits" and "thingies", common sayings come out slightly twisted)
  • Extremely messy bedroom, backpack, and desk
  • Dreads going to school ( complains of stomach aches, or headaches, may have nightmares about school)

In High School:

All of the above symptoms plus:

  • Limited vocabulary
  • Extremely poor written expression ( large discrepancy between verbal skills and written compositions)
  • Unable to master a foreign language
  • Difficulty reading printed music
  • Poor grades in many classes
  • May drop out of high school

In Adults:

Educational history similar to above, plus:

  • Slow reader
  • May have to read a page 2 or 3 times to understand it
  • Terrible speller
  • Difficulty putting thoughts onto paper (dreads writing memos or letters)
  • Still has difficulty with right versus left
  • Often gets lost, even in a familiar city
  • Sometimes confuses b and d, especially when tired or sick

This "Warning Signs of Dyslexia" list and "Strengths" list are provided through the web site of Susan Barton the founder of Bright Solutions for Dyslexia, LLC. wwwBrightSolutions.USCopyright 2002 by Susan Barton. All Rights Reserved.

Important Links: (Click on the link)

Free Webcast, "Dyslexia: Symptoms and Solutions"

 

Free Webcast, "Dyslexia: Testing and Teaching"

 

Free Webcast, "Dyslexia: Classroom Accommodations for Dyslexic Students"

 

Barton Reading and Spelling System

For more information on Dyslexia:

Bright Solutions for Dyslexia

 

The International Dyslexia Association

 

The Research Behind Orton Gillingham

To learn more, please contact

Jennifer Gresham

Phone: 720-346-7466

Email: jen_gresham@outlook.com

Certified Dyslexia Tutoring Specialist

for Reading, Spelling, and Math

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