I’ve been side-tracked with work helping Kayla find some tutoring for her daughter Megan. She’s been having some trouble in English and figured before school started she’d get her enrolled in an online course, or even just a local tutoring service in general.
She’s a sweet kid, about 9 years old and has what we believe to be dyslexia. The problem is a lack of insurance is keeping Kayla away from getting her tested for it. It’s not that her daughter isn’t healthy, there is a clinic in-town that’s been more than gracious with helping her out but when you’re 27 with a 9 year old, it’s just hard to give them everything they’ve ever really needed. It’s just unfortunate that I can’t help her out with the tutoring at the moment, if I had the money to send over to her I would but lord knows what a specialist would charge for this kind of a test.
I did some reading though, Google is pretty easy to use for situations like these. It’s not hard to help someone with dyslexia and one of the big things to do is get them involved with a tutor that can help their needs. I don’t really think there’s any medication involved, it’s not really a physical disease it’s obviously brain based. When I first heard about what it was, I seriously thought that someone’s eyes were just backwards or something but that was me being a dumb 10 year-old at the time as well. Knowing that she really just needs a reading comprehension tutor in a structured environment, that her school doesn’t seem to have for her, would more than likely be a good thing.
Do you know anyone with dyslexia? Were you dyslexic? What route did you take?
Some problems with English might be anything and not dyslexia at all. Does the school teach phonics?
Unpopular to say but many reading problems are because of NBT ( never been taught) .
A longer description of exactly what her problems are with English might get better comments
Well – NBT huh?
Don’t think so – most children are over taught and the more I am involved with working with children the more I think that they need a gentle hand.
You don’t teach two year olds how to read – unless they ask for it. So why do we insist on teaching at grade level so much? Studies show that it takes an adult thirty hours to learn to read at an adult level. So why do we spend years on it in childhood?
We do because the lesson is not reading – the lesson is to tame the spirit and squash the soul. A free people can not be ruled or conquered with out there implicit permission either through non-action or lack of imagination. If the ruler can kill the idea of freedom that what need has the emperor for the sword or the boot?
Dyslexic people are people who have less toleration for the crap that the rest of us call learning by route a through discredited fro of learning that has no bizness being int eh same room with small children or adults unless invited by there passion and sheperared by there own desire.
Peace
Eric Wolf