Dyslexia is often
considered to be a neurological problem related to phonics and phonemic
awareness. From our experience -- these comments are all true, but
Dyslexia can be looked at far differently when you ask,
Is my child a right-brained learner?
Does your child:
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Remember places visited - even from years ago?
- Remember details from movies?
- Learns best when seeing and experiencing information?
If this describes your child, there is a good chance he is a
right-brained learner -- who will learn far better when taught to his
strengths.
As a professional who has helped over 1200 students to Beat Dyslexia, I take a far different view.
I ask very different questions that include:
- Does your child have problems with:
- Sight word vocabulary -- understanding words like: why, if, however, but, etc.
- Pattern recognition -- remembering words they have learned
- Skipping words and lines when reading
- Paying attention to that which is boring
- Self-esteem
Rather than Symptoms of Dyslexia, we see these as the challenges that right-brained learners have.
The
difference is that Dyslexia Symptoms, Dyslexia Tests, and Dyslexia
Programs tend to focus on what is wrong with your child -- which helps
-- but not nearly as much as ...
Right-brained assessments and
right-brain programs that are designed to help your child to Beat
Dyslexia and to be far more successful in school and in life.
Why the shift in focus from Dyslexia to Bright Right-Brained Learner:
- These
children are often very bright, do very well with right-brained
learning, but struggle with repetition, phonics and phonemic awareness.
- "Phonics
instruction does not need to be eliminated altogether, but sight word
vocabulary needs to be built first. Then whole words or syllables can
be compared and the pattern recognition capacities of the
visual-spatial learner can be brought to bear", writes Dr. Linda
Silverman in her book "Upside Down Brilliance".
- Dyslexia tends to focus on phonics -- while students with Dyslexia often have a combination of:
- Being a right-brained learner.
- Having visual tracking, visual perception, attention and/or anxiety challenges.
- Being bored and frustrated by phonics-based programs.
- Doing much better when they are taught with right-brained programs that engage them.
- Can do their best when they are taught with
right-brained programs that engage them, their challenges are
identified and addressed, and they work with professionals who
understand and respect them and share your passion to help your child
to be all they can be.
Dyslexia if often
attributed to a problem with phonics. Mira Halpert M.Ed. and mother of
two dyslexic children found the key to Beating Dyslexia was focusing on
how her children learned best. Learn more about how your bright
right-brained learner can succeed -- by visiting the 3D Learner Website
at Parents Make The Difference and calling Mira for a Free Consult.