What Are Dyslexia, And What are the Dyslexia Treatments for Children?

Dyslexia is defined as a disorder that affects children. It is a learning disability that makes it difficult for the child to read or spell the simplest words. The disorder has a negative effect on the language skills of the child. The child tends to make mistakes while uttering words or spellings and have difficulty differentiating between similar looking alphabets and numbers. This is a lifelong disability that cannot be cured entirely, but its effect can be reduced if it is diagnosed early on in childhood, and dyslexia treatments begin early. However, it is not easy to diagnose dyslexia.

The main cause for dyslexia in children is not known, but doctors believe the cause lies in genes.

Signs that your Child has Dyslexia

These are the telltale signs that your child has dyslexia –

• He or she will have difficulty understanding the difference between similar-looking letters or similar sounding words. 
• He or she will not be able to copy from a book or the classroom board quickly. 
• Language skills will not develop quickly. 
• Your child will have spellings problems and have difficulty reading or writing simple paragraphs or sentences. 
• He or she will take a lot longer to learn new words. 
• It will be difficult for him to remember the content from a movie or a book, even if it is his favorite.
• Your child will have poor hand-eye coordination and thus will have difficulty in playing games that require cognitive coordination. 
• He or she will have difficulty in identifying the objects or such other problems .
• He or she will use both the hands for bathing, writing and other purposes.
• Struggle from Poor dictation skills.
• Will have difficulty recalling more than one command.
• They will find it hard to express their feelings or thoughts because they will not know which words to use.
• They will feel lonely and depressed.
• They may become rebellious, lazy, and may feel unmotivated.
• They will suffer badly from low self-esteem.

Look out for these symptoms before you take your child to an educational psychologist to come up with a dyslexia treatment.

Dyslexia Treatments 

Before you decide on a dyslexia treatment for your child, an expert or psychologist will conduct some tests to gauge his writing and reading abilities. The tests also shed light on underlying problems like ADHD or depression, which can also have an effect on learning. Depending on these tests, your family doctor can come up with best treatment plans. Dyslexia treatment  differs from one patient to another or from one individual to another. 

To help your child improve his reading abilities, here are some of the best   reading programs that will help the children in positive ways –

Multi-Sensory Instruction

This program has been designed to make the children use their senses of touch, sight, and smell to learn alphabets and spellings. 

Orton Gillingham

This reading program helps dyslexic children match letters with their right sounds.

Other Alternative Ways to Improve Learning for your Kid 

• He or she should have his separate study room which is free from all sorts of distractions.
• You should make sure that he or she is healthy by feeding him healthy drinks and food.
• Sufferer should listen to audiobooks and try reading along with the narrator. 
• There are many support groups for dyslexic kids. Try and make your child join these groups. Being with other kids that have the same problem will make him feel less alone and less frustrated.
• Encourage your child to ask for help from his school teachers.
• Make reading a fun activity for your kid. Break the reading activity in small segments so that he stays interested. 

Conclusion

Even if this is a lifelong disability, your child will learn to live with this and even manage it better as he grows up. Some ways also helps them recognize letter sounds in different ways since these kids have difficulty matching words with the correct meanings and sounds and the other short comings as well.