Dyslexia: A Common Factor in One’s Education

Dyslexia is a common factor in people’s education, from young to old and I believe it is never too late with the correct mentoring and patience from the dyslexic.

It used to be more common for young children especially, to be bullied by others thus ending up very disturbed and sometimes with fatal outcomes, when it was even their parents, doctors and school teachers whom didn’t recognise the condition earlier.

Of course people may put the emphasis on the child from an early age of two or three when there maybe evidence of a lack of co-ordination or attention or reaction. The main common symptoms have been the difficulty in writing, spelling, arithmetic and paying attention.

There are many explanations which maybe when one easily distracted; as a result not pay attention to what was said or what they were doing. I must stress that it is not a mental, brain disability or low intelligence; it is something that can be educated to that child or person.

As for the writing and spelling side, many have used the excuse for laziness and easy distraction. This is where the one to one is needed to help give that child or person a chance as well as the social side of schooling. There are many school children who have gone home after being bullied because they couldn’t do their class-work efficiently; as a result they are cruelly mocked by their class-mates and disregarded from the groups or gangs.

Parents should ask from the start on how they got on. Get their child to show them their work as a matter of interest; this would give them some indication of their feelings which would be crucial to their progress.

Not that I am dyslexic, but when I took my writer’s course at the ripe old age of forty; I had trouble with my grammar. My spelling wasn’t too bad, but I had a complex as I tried to publish my work.

My tutor kept sending back my marked assignments with a lot of red markings which made me feel troubled. It didn’t matter hour hard I tried she always found a fault and it made me feel low. In the middle of the course, she suggested a book called the “Osborne’s book of simple English Grammar.” This I went a purchased straight away and it did help in time as I looked at different phrases using my own words.

It is only since I have studied over the years, how children as well as adults feel when they might write something that no-one else can understand. A lot of this is more common now with the predicted texting on mobiles or people putting code text and it becomes a habit.

The One to one basis is the best way, because the child or person has got the time and concentration on the topic of conversation and direction on the task. However it is then best to do little and often, go back then forward when the time is right. This keeps the past flashing back into the memory, because a dyslexic will forget easily once their minds have been distracted. This will vary by the severity of the condition.

The threat these days are the chances of dyslexic people getting left behind in getting trades are greater; because many were given simple engineering, service or shop work years ago. But now these jobs are taken by more graduates because of the technology in these trades has raised which many with dyslexia and other learning difficulties fail to reach the required standards.