Is it dyslexia and do I need help?
If you are wondering whether you are or your child is dyslexic, take this online dyslexia test. It is not conclusive informal assessment and provides you a fare idea of whether you could be dyslexic.
What are the common symptoms?
Generally speaking if there is a large discrepancy between your child's intelligence and his reading and writing ability he may well be dyslexic, here is the list of a few of most common among 37+ symptoms of dyslexia.
The symptoms very from person to person and for the same person based on the environmental conditions. Being at unfamiliar place, not enough sleep, skipped breakfast, etc may aggravate the symptoms. For complete list of symptoms refer the link.
- Academic performance not matching the potential
- Reading / Writing few lines may seem herculean task; Child avoids or shows no interest in reading or writing; Prefers to listen instead
- Illegible handwriting
- Cursive writing is simply not possible
- Confusion over letter identity and alphabetical order
- Numbers are not friends
- Confusion in sense of direction (left/ right)
- Maintaining attention or focus is challenge
- Low threshold for confusion; emotional response
What are the services offered at The Gifteds-Learning Enablers?
- Davis Dyslexia Correction ® -For reading/ writing problems
- Davis handwriting correction procedures
- Davis Math Mastery ® - For Math learning problems
- Davis Attention Mastery ® - For ADD/ ADHD
- Davis ® reading program for young learners - For age 5 – 7
Will my dyslexia get cured?
Dyslexia is neither a disability nor an illness to be cured. It is a different thinking/learning style, a natural ability, a talent. Which enables you to think multidimensionally and alter your perception. This particular ability also causes hindrance in learning. You will never stop being dyslexic and, when you think about all the advantages your thinking style gives you, why would you want to? All you need is control over this ability to use it will; A ‘switch’ to turn it off and on at will! A Davis Program will provide you this switch for your gift so that you can correct those aspects of being dyslexic that cause you problems; it will never take your dyslexia away from you and would not want to.
How do I know that program will work for me?
Correction programs are provided one on one and are customize to the need of the individual as each student has different thinking abilities and learning style.
To find out whether a Davis Correction Program ® could help you, call for an initial consultation and thereafter an appointment for the first meeting will be set up, a formal assessment will be done by the certified Davis facilitator to find out the student’s–
- Learning style and perpetual ability
- Strengths and areas of improvement
- Whether Davis program will be useful.
- Motivation and willingness to work on areas identified
