Dyslexia can impede children’s learning and it is a very important diagnosis for parents to know of and understand. However, is it prudent and useful to have the child with the condition knows about it? That may be an issue for each individual parent and child to wrestle through, with help from educators.

There are several benefits to explaining dyslexia to kids. Dyslexia often has recognizable signs and symptoms, and people with dyslexia are not of lower intelligence.

However, if it seems wise to teach your child about dyslexia, she should know that there are things that are true about dyslexia and things that are sometimes believed yet are not true about dyslexia. It is, of course, true that there are specific signs that can indicate dyslexia, signs like difficulty reading aloud, a tendency to transpose letters and trouble with concepts like organization, punctuality and more. Perhaps, most importantly, it is crucial to assure children that dyslexia is merely indicative of the brain learning in a different way than some other children do and not a wrong way. It is not evidence that a child is, for example, stupid, or not trying hard enough.
Educating your child with dyslexia about the common signs and misconceptions can help them to: understand that they learn in a different way than other kids that don’t have dyslexia. Shed negative labels such as stupid, careless, unmotivated and lazy.
~Erica Warren

Key Takeaways:

1
Those diagnosed with dyslexia should be praised and not demeaned because they rely on self-esteem to succeed.
2
Check for support in a dyslexic student’s availability to individual technology or assistance in education.
3
Find the strength in a child with dyslexia and use it to assist in teaching further concepts and also raise their self-esteem.

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