on Mar 3rd, 2010Testing for Dyslexia in Children in Schools
Almost all of the story of dyslexia has occurred during the last twenty-five years or so. Before that what we now know as dyslexia was almost completely a mystery.
Dyslexics learn differently. Their eyes see things the exact same way but their brains appear to interpret the signals from their eyes differently than those of non-dyslexics. It’s not an insurmountable problem, many highly successful people have been dyslexic. But to reach their full potential they need to be taught differently, in accordance with their individual needs.
For a little over 15 years now, elementary schools have routinely screened for learning abilities dyslexia. For more information on this subject, Click Here. Any child who had problems with reading was selected to go through full-scale professional testing for dyslexia followed by individual evaluation.
Those who went through grade school more than 15 years ago almost all bear the scars of being hammered into molds that did not fit. They were ridiculed for their differences, looked at as retarded (which most are definitely not!), slow learners, etc. They were embarrassed and learn to hide their differences.
Millions of adult dyslexics today have never taken a dyslexia test. They still struggle with learning and reading difficulties that could be easily overcome if they were only known. A half-hour dyslexia test could make enormous improvements in their self-esteem and abilities.
One of the problems in helping dyslexics is that there are many different types of dyslexia. Dyslexia takes many different forms; all dyslexics are different. They cannot be readily sorted into categories and then treated the same as a group.
Dyslexia testing is neither difficult nor expensive nor time-consuming. There is an excellent online test available now that can be completed in half an hour from anywhere there is an Internet connection. If there is any possibility that a person might be dyslexic, they can find out for less than the cost of a visit to their Doctor or Dentist!
For more info on dyslexia and how it can be overcome, click on any of the above links.
Disclaimer: Nothing in the above explanations is intended to be or represented to be or should be construed to be any form of medical advice. The information herein has been gleaned from medical journals, news articles in the popular press and other freely-available public sources. It is presented here for informational purposes only. For any medical advice the reader is urged to consult with his or her licensed physician or other medical specialist.
Author Jonathan J. Jones