Information on dyslexia?

Question

Does Parental involvement help?

http://www.helium.com/tm/751856/research-demonstrates-children-improve

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

I am an aunt of a child that has dyslexia. Honestly, if a parent is not willing to participate and support their child with dyslexia or any disability there is limited success of the child. For a child with dyslexia a parent often has to read and write assignments for the child.

I am active in my nieces life. She has assistive technology to support her reading and writing. She has me to help explain concepts she is confused about and I am there when she wants to do something that she is struggling with. Her assistive technology has been a blessing. She used text to speech for textbooks, she used a word prediction and Dragon Naturally speaking for longer assignments.

Without the support of her family she wouldn't be as successful in her academics as she is. She still struggles but it is less then she did.

Answer 3

Parental involvement absolutely helps.  It must be informed involvement and should compliment what is being done at school.  I commend you on citing a source that cites other scholarly sources.  Keep up the good work.

Answer 4

Parental involvement is vital, to anyone regardless of having a physical, cognitive or mental impairment or not. By ensuring that a child is supported and given the best support and assistance both at school and home, they can achieve many things.

If parental support is not there many students will fail school, or  finish school early, because of their disability hindering their ability to learn and lack of support from parents and the school teachers.

Both my daughter and I are Dyslexic, I was diagnosed at the time of  my daughter being diagnosed as being dyslexic, not surprisingly it explained my poor education.

At the time of my daughter being diagnosed, the teachers were not taught anything about dyslexia, and how to manage a dyslexic student. So I had to learn as much as I could, and then organize a meeting with her teachers, so I could teach them what dyslexia was, and how it affects the student, and how best to assist a student with dyslexia.

Thankfully teachers are being taught how to recognize learning difficulties, and how to work with a child with learning difficulties, including dyslexia.

With out parental support my daughter would not have become a qualified Disability support worker, or be contemplating doing a doctorate in speech pathology.