I am pretty positive that they do not want to be different.Īs you embark on this journey of acceptance and parenting a different learner, please be an advocate for you child. Do not assume they are zoning out or choosing to be difficult. As a parent and a teacher, I have to remind myself to stop, wait a minute, and maybe even describe a sound or word in a different manner to get those neurons connecting. They have such an amazingly complex network of neurons, that it may take a bit longer than you would expect to process information. They may process sounds, letters, word, or directions in a different manner. Our children will learn, but we need to be patient. It does not matter if it was made with bunny ears, loop over loop, or cross over and go through the hole. We all learn to tie our shoes differently, but we end up with the same result. This is why we should describe it as a learning difference. Our children do have the ability to read, write, and learn. Disability means not able to do something. They are not dumb or less of a person because they struggle. We need to impress this definition into our children’s minds. The word dyslexia means trouble with words. The other is that our children learning to live with dyslexia have probably felt like “dummies” before. The first reason being that there is no simple way to explain the intricate processing of the dyslexic’s brain. She searched for an understanding and jokingly asked if there was a Dyslexia for Dummies book to read. The wordy scientific books recommended to her were daunting.

Her daughter had just been diagnosed with dyslexia and a few other challenges. I sat across from a mother with tears in her eyes. Her compassion to help parents comes from being dyslexic, navigating the special education world for her daughter with cerebral palsy, and creating a program at a local private school to help kids with learning differences see success as attainable. She has a masters in education and also is a certified dyslexia tutor. By guest blogger Jen Palmer, a highly qualified teacher with 21 years experience.

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