The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia Quotes

“You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills.” Andrew”
― Jody Swarbrick, The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia: All You Need To Ensure Your Child's Success

“Many children with dyslexia are extremely bright, and often their pattern of weaknesses and strengths leaves them highly functional in many areas, even though they struggle in others. For example, your child may read very slowly, but with excellent comprehension, and she may have a strong ability to retain information learned from oral instruction and class demonstrations. Through hard work and determination, your child may be able to keep up in class and generally earn B's and C's in classwork. With such a child, you may find it difficult to qualify for school services, even with a diagnosis of dyslexia — the school may take the position that the dyslexia is mild and does not affect her ability to learn.”
― Jody Swarbrick, The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia: All You Need To Ensure Your Child's Success

“Learned helplessness is a psychological reaction to repeated frustration and failure. Research shows that continual exposure to academic failure contributes to withdrawal, unwillingness to approach new tasks, and a lack of persistence. In essence, the person simply gives up trying. The child who only experiences frustration and failure will quickly give up. She will begin to think of herself as inept and stupid and will become fearful of facing new challenges. But a child who feels capable of learning will, over time, become more and more willing to devote sustained effort to accomplishing her goals. She discovers through experience that her hard work can pay off, so she is willing to keep on trying.”
― Jody Swarbrick, The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia: All You Need To Ensure Your Child's Success

“Your child with dyslexia is twice as likely as other children to have ADD; about 15 percent of students with reading problems are also diagnosed with ADD. Conversely, a child with ADD is twice as likely to have difficulties with reading; about 36 percent of children with ADD also have dyslexia. It”
― Jody Swarbrick, The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia: All You Need To Ensure Your Child's Success

“The delayed response time is seen both in tests of listening to the sounds of language and responding to visually presented symbols. These delays could explain why individuals with dyslexia tend to read more slowly. It is also possible that because of the problem with timing, children with dyslexia may not hear the sounds and rhythms of language in the same way that others do. This may explain why they have difficulty breaking down words into component sounds or blending sounds into words. Visual”
― Jody Swarbrick, The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia: All You Need To Ensure Your Child's Success

“The visual-spatial learner thinks primarily with images, learns concepts all at once, sees the big picture, learns best by seeing relationships, and learns complex concepts easily but struggles with easy skills. One possible explanation for dyslexia is that some children who are right-brained learners find it much easier to think about new information and solve problems using their visual-spatial strategies. Over time, they reinforce their own tendencies toward relying on imagery and intuitive thought processes, and fail to develop strong brain pathways for thinking with the sounds of language. Thus,”
― Jody Swarbrick, The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia: All You Need To Ensure Your Child's Success

“Children with dyslexia are capable learners who manifest some abilities well ahead of their peers, but their brains simply are not constructed for early reading. They need an enriched learning environment to fuel their inherent curiosity and thirst for knowledge. If they cannot find intellectual stimulation at school, parents should work to provide it at home. Reading”
― Jody Swarbrick, The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia: All You Need To Ensure Your Child's Success