dyslexia

Reading was never a problem for my son but reversals were a big problem. They were worse when he was tired. At 14 he uses a computer for most written work but when he does handwrite I think he is slowed down by having to remember the shape and the direction of letters.

Helen

Auditory mom wrote:
>
> I would like to ask if you have dyslexia and have been
> remediated do you still have trouble with revearsals?

Sometimes—depends on the child. Sometimes it takes longer for reversals to fade on some than others.

Why I
> ask is my child is in 4th grade reading almost 3 rd grade
> level but is reading of as for and at as to.

This can also be an inattentive error due to hurry, fatigue or many things. They are called insignificant miscues because the person reading can still make meaning out of the story. I would, however, watch for the frequency of this type of error before deciding that an intervention is needed.

You husband is right, she shouldn’t be doing it at all. However, some people do and it fades in time. The first question to ask is if it is frequent enough to warrant intervention now. If so, examine what are the causes and what might be the intervention of choice.

its a brain research book-skinny, cost a fortune-Fuhr????

Anyway-his thought is that every time a child reads ‘the’ as ‘the’ a brain connection is made stronger-literally within the brain structure. Everytime a child reads “the” as ‘that” a new brain connection pops up-every repeat reinforces that incorrect connection. The idea is to strengthen the correct connections and allow the others to fall off from disuse.

How? repetition-familiar material-you are not going for vocab increase. S/he reads aloud. If s/he misreads, you correct and make her read the sentence over again. If it takes 10 times of rereading, you enforce this.

My kid hated it and we didnt stick with it for as long as the book strongly recommended. So I cant say we achieved grade level reading with this method. But it got rid of those ‘blips’-mispoken common words-his werent straight reversals, more incorrectly reading a word based on taking note of only a few letters(where for there, that for the)

Reversals: A Personal Account of Victory over Dyslexia — by Eileen M. Simpson

(Review from amazon)

REVERSALS is the story of a woman who, though quite bright, had an impossible time learning to read and spell. She didn’t find out till she was in her 20s that she had dyslexia. In my opinion, Eileen Simpson was—and is—one courageous and resilient lady. Because she grew up during an era when dyslexia, and LD in general, was unheard of, she was the victim of repeated misunderstandings. She was repeatedly accused of being lazy, careless, unmotivated, etc. In fact, her 4th-grade year was the worst school year she ever endured, due to a strict, authoritarian teacher and an equally strict aunt. That she never gave up, and was able to learn to read and spell in the end, is tribute to both her strength AND her intelligence. For finding the courage to disclose her dyslexia for the benefit of others when it would have been so much easier to keep trying to hide it, I applaud her. To anyone who wants to learn about LD and its effect on those who have it, I highly recommend her book!

I’m wondering if reversals are often connected to sequencing difficulties. For example, my son often reads was as saw so perhaps there’s a problem with letter sequencing. It sounds simple…but if it’s this simple would practice in sequencing be helpful for reversals?