Warning Signs of Dyslexia.

Do any of these sound like the struggles your child has with reading, spelling, and writing?

IN PRESCHOOL

  • Delayed speech
  • Mixing up the sounds and syllables in long words
  • Constant confusion of left versus right
  • Trouble memorizing their address, phone number, or the alphabet
  • Has a close relative with dyslexia

In Elementary School

  • Dysgraphia (slow, non-automatic handwriting this is difficult to read)
  • Letter or number reversals continuing past the end of the first grade
    • Slow, choppy, inaccurate reading
    • Guesses based on shape or content
    • Skips or misreads prepositions (at, to, of)
    • Ignores suffixes
    • Can't sound out unknown words
  • Terrible spelling
  • Often can't remember sight words (they, where, does) or homonyms (their, they're, and there)
  • Difficulty telling time with a clock with hands
  • Trouble with math
    • Memorizing multiplication tables
    • Memorizing a sequence of steps
    • Directionality
  • When speaking, difficulty finding the correct word
    • Lots of "whatchamacallits" and "thingies"
    • Common sayings come out slightly twisted

In High School

  • Extremely poor written expression 
    • Large discrepancy between verbal skills and written compositions
  • Unable to master a foreign language
  • Difficulty reading printed music
  • Poor grades in many classes

 

Reprinted with prior written permission from Susan M. Barton, Founder, Bright Solutions for Dyslexia. For more information, go to: www.BrightSolutions.US

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