As a parent I am a firm believer every child should have the opportunity to emphasize their strengths, which in turn, will ensure successful experiences. Dyslexia, for the most part, gives the polar opposite of positive experiences. Typically every school day is fraught with a child hiding their struggle. They try their very hardest, only to constantly miss the mark.
Dyslexia can be subtle; such as a person may read very well, but not remember what they read. Or, it can be profound when a person is unable to recognize a letter or attach a sound to that letter to make a word to link into a sentence and understand meaning. It shows itself differently from person to person.
Fifteen to 20 percent of the US population has dyslexia, a disability that can significantly hinder an individual’s academic performance, which can, in turn, have a negative emotional impact. While there isn’t a cure, children and adults with the disability can be helped with the appropriate diagnosis and treatment program.
You are invited to forget everything you know, well, everything you think you know about how we learn to read. Traditionally all of us learned the alphabet, letter sounds, words, word meaning and understanding of what we read from our early elementary teachers and family. We learn to speak by observing others. We learned to walk from determination and curiosity.
A news story featuring Penny Stack from the Dyslexia Institutes of America in Tulsa. Penny discusses holding back 3rd graders.
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An interview on FOX23, with Penny Stack. This interview covers the topic of dyslexia in children.
At 3:00 p.m. today I received this text, What should we have for dinner? I immediately looked at the time and realized I still had not had breakfast or lunch despite that I had been awake since 6:30 this morning. So, my mind drifts off into retrospective thought. What have I done all day?
An interview on FOX23, with Penny Stack. This interview focuses on Helping Children Succeed with Reading.
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It took training to open Dyslexia Institutes of America in Tulsa, coupled with realizing her own daughter’s struggles with dyslexia, for Penny Stack to realize she too had the learning disorder.
It sure explained why it took me 10 years to get those degrees on the wall and why I flunked seven or eight classes in college,