Preventing Reading Failures

Reported by: Angelique Araez

Reading

cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from text

A student teacher asks: Can you send me some research articles about how children learn to read in school with support? Sue Whitney replies: "Children do not learn to read with support. They learn to read with direct instruction. Reading is a learned skill. For many children, reading is not a skill that develops naturally as they mature."

Preventing Reading Difficulties

examines reading problems and introduces concepts used by experts in the field. In a clear and readable narrative, you learn about word identification, comprehension, and normal reading development.

How to Prevent Reading failures?

1. Understand spoken language and reading before attempting to understand reading failure or dyslexia 2. Know what dyslexia is and is not 3. Beginning in infancy and every year thereafter, make sure that child's hearing and vision are within normal ranges 4. Before beginning school, be aware of some of the signs that may indicate that your child is at risk of having difficulty with reading 5. Be aware of your child's expected progress in literacy

How to Prevent Reading failures?

6. Be aware of the difference between "screening assessments", progress monitoring" and "diagnostic assessments 7. Know how dyslexia is diagnosed 8. Work out a plan once you have the results

Tips

Dyslexia is not a visual disorder. Colored lenses or overlays, vision training (special glasses or exercises) and movement therapy will not help. Some of the features of dyslexia can make the mastery of early math difficult, such as the rapid, accurate recall of math facts.

Academic disorder
Dyscalculia Dysgraphia

Dyscalculia

is a term referring to a wide range of life-long learning disabilities involving math. There is no single form of math disability, and difficulties vary from person to person and affect people differently in school and throughout life.

Dysgraphia

Dysgraphia is a learning disability that affects writing abilities. It can manifest itself as difficulties with spelling, poor handwriting and trouble putting thoughts on paper. Because writing requires a complex set of motor and information processing skills, saying a student has dysgraphia is not sufficient. A student with disorders in written expression will benefit from specific accommodations in the learning environment, as well as additional practice learning the skills required to be an accomplished writer