Dealing With Early Signs Of Dyslexia
Parents often blame themselves whenever the children are not good in school or having problems with their studies. Sometimes children encounter a kind of problem like this when they are dyslexic. If you fell that there is something wrong with your child you need to consult with your pediatrician and try to see if what you suspect is accurate.
If your child has speech problems, when he is supposed to be talking already but still cannot even utter a single word right. This could be a sign of dyslexia. Stuttering and cluttering, which is the speech and communication disorder that at times very difficult for the listener to understand. Sometimes parent tend to overlook the speech problem of their child. Once you notice that he is encountering some speech problem act immediately. It is much better that you act on the problem right away so that you can give him the necessary treatment as early as possible.
Sounds that are often mixed up, especially trouble in articulating letters can also be accounted to dyslexia. Problems with letters L, M N and R are often common with dyslexic children. Speech therapy is required for many children with dyslexia.
Speech problems are caused by auditory processing disorder. The child may have problem processing the auditory information. A hearing test may be necessary to find out more specifically what the situation is.
The child may find it hard to distinguish between on and off and left or right. He may have difficulties memorizing the alphabet, identifying words, unable to distinguish the rhyming words, counting syllables and learning the sounds are some of the problems that the child might face.
Some of the difficulties that a dyslexic child might encounter are difficulties in hearing, distinguishing sound, associating words with the correct meanings, no concept of time and all. When the child always experienced embarrassment and rejection he might have low self-esteem. He will also become shy and will isolate himself from other children his age.