Howard.....

I myself am a dyslexic adult student. I went through the State
Vocational/Rehabilitation Service, which tested me for dyslexia and
an IQ test. Now that Im a certified dyslexic, I now have longer test
times and can take my tests alone where I wont be distracted. They
are also paying for my education/books and tutoring 100%.It sounds
like your brother is like myself....a global thinker, Is he left
handed by any chance? This shows his creative nature. He sees above
the forest rather than through the trees. When teachers/people talk
to him, they are drawing pictures. If they cant draw very well, then
they have lost him. He needs to research learning styles, which will
help him grasp knowledge alittle better. The problem is, your
brother like the rest of us are living in a non-dyslexic world.
There is not a problem with the way he thinks. He has his reasons
for disecting. Myself, have had to drop algebra three times, I to
cant except that you do formulas just because its the rules....I need
to know why they work.



jacktownfirechief@...



--- In dyslexiaclub@y..., "howardkvan" <howardkvan@y...> wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I am posting this message to solicit advise from the group. My
> brother, William, has a learning disability I can't seen to
classify
> that might not be dyslexia. He is currently in college and is on
the
> verge of being kicked out. Some of problems is study techniques
but
> others are psychological. Here are some symptoms:
>
> -he spends so much time on "mastering" a chapter that he would not
be
> able to get to the other chapters covered in the tests
>
> -he has a strong psychological need to cover all the concepts in
one
> section before moving on to the next concepts even if time is of
the
> essence
>
> -when studying a math problem, he has to know the proof of a
formula
> and an extensive background of it even if the test only required
the
> application of the formula
>
> -he tends to overthink questions on tests to the point that he
makes
> it more complex than it has to be
>
> I would like to get professional help for him this summer before he
> returns to ODU. Do you know any learning specialist counselors
that
> specializes in these types of cases that reside in Norther
Virginia?
> What should I do? Who do I talk to? Thank you for your time and
> insight.
>
> Howard Van