How to approach dyslexia?

Question

my friends daughter has dyslexia shes going to 7th grade.... we live in PR and i would like to help her with her english...is there a certain why i should aproach helping her considering her condition.

Answer 1

like any serious problem, one step at a time

Answer 2

Use a multi-sensory/multi-disciplinary approach. She needs to "see it, say it, read it, write it". Teach phonemics and phonics, onsets, and rimes. Have her write in cursive, D'Neillian cursive is best because all lower case letters are taught with connector lines making joining letters together natural when forming words. Teach the rules that accompany spelling, like final e makes a vowel long in CVCe words.

Teach in an order. Like the letter "a" sounds /a/ like you hear at the beginning of the word apple. Draw an apple for the "key" sound. Write the lower case a, then an upper case A. practice several rows of lower case "a". Circle the one that is best. Then teach "b". Then "s". Then start stringing together letters to make syllables "ab" and "ba". Student makes own flashcards from the sounds/words. I use the Little Yellow Book June Orton wrote years ago.

I follow the Orton-Gillingham methodology. You might be able to teach yourself with some of their materials, but I was taught locally by June Orton's friend and colleague. So if you can find someone located in your area that can show you, it would be better. You can do it with paper, pencil, notebook, and note cards. You do not need special materials. It does help to follow up with some comprehension techniques using some books that follow a phonics approach. Sight words are taught separately.

Answer 3

See what she thinks of my website, it has a color code for the vowel sounds.

www.geocities.com/carjug

It might help.

Also, lots of Books on tape!

Dyslexics hate reading fiction, help her find high interest nonfiction.

Answer 4

There are many types of dyslexia, the main two being 'phonological' and 'surface' so I presume she is suffering one of these?

With any case of dyslexia, I find it useful to go 'back to basics.'  This means beginning with an analysis of the child's understanding and production of SPOKEN language.  Many deficits in literacy can be traced back to this point.  Are there any particular sounds or combination of sounds which she has difficulty in understanding or reproducing?

Another factor is sensitivity to rhyme and alliteration; - sensitivity to syllable structure within spoken words, - sensitivity to the onset and rime (not rhyme) of words.

Start with this basic awareness of the sound system of the language and be sensitive enough to detect the minor nuances in the child's understanding and production of the sound system of English.  This will give you the key to unlicking the problem.

Hope this helps.

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