DEar Gwyne,

I am a 35 year old dyslexic college student. All I can give you is a
little insight from our side of the fence. It is a different world
being dyslexic. We think in pictures. We see our imagination as
reality. Watch them draw their name...not write it, but draw it.
The reason for spelling it backwards is truly amazing. Everyone
thinks thats dumb, but the real reason is dyslexics think in 3D. 99%
of the people are linear, we are global, so when we see a letter, we
look at the top, the sides, the bottom, the back, and the
front....every letter! Where ever we leave of, is where we write it,
excuse me....draw it. That is alot of thought process looking at
every letter that way. It is a fact that dyslexics have a higher
IQ. Our main problem is we live in a non-dyslexic world.

As far a testing, I am a Sylvan student. I have a developmental math
disorder which is caused by my dyslexia. They do have tests to check
for dyslexia. My tutoring costs $35 an hour. I know its difficult
to keep up with, but you are your childrens advocate. As I am mine.
I have went everywhere to get help. In high school, I made D's and
F's, now I have a 3.7 GPA, but cant pass algebra. We are often late
bloomers. After meeting with my state's Vocation REhabilitation, they
have agreed to pay for my Sylvan tutoring and all my college! Ive
heard they will not help until the individual is 16 or 17.


Never give up............

Brian






--- In dyslexiaclub@y..., "Moskowitz, Penny" <penny.moskowitz@g...>
wrote:
> You first should ask yourself, why are you testing them. Most
schools
> require you to test your children if you want extra resources. I
had to
> test my child, because the school would not moderate her testing and
> homework and she was miserable.
> My daughter also draws amazingly but can't remember her facts, we
work on it
> over and over again. But I do see progress, she knows the math
facts from
> last year, so after reviewing it for a year, she finally has it
down. Her
> reading is also below grade level. She is being trained with the
Orton
> Gilliam reading method. She is definitely making progress, but I
have no
> way of knowing if she would be making more progress with a different
> approach.
>
> It was suggested that I go to a child Neuro-psychologist that does
> testing(at a cost of $2400). I did, but I think it was overkill.
Now I
> know all sorts of things about how my daughter is unable to process
visual
> data, etc. The bottom line, she is dyslexic and will needs extra
tutoring
> and it will take her a long time to learn things.
>
> I don't know if a Sylvan Learning Center can test them, you could
ask, but
> they would probably be able to test what grade level your children
are on.
> I would suggest you call up your school district and see if they
will do it.
> When I lived on Long Island, NY, they did the testing free for any
school
> aged child. If they don't, ask if there is a Special Ed school
near by and
> ask them to recommend someone. I would not choose someone without a
> reference from someone. Lately a women told me she was present
when a women
> from a committee reported their findings on a child, and the person
> presenting the report said she did not feel comfortable with the
report and
> felt it was misleading. The bottom line is there are good tester
and not
> so good testers. A misleading report can make you miserable.
>
> Good Luck
> Penny
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Lamica's [mailto:twigtaker@g...]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 2:14 PM
> To: dyslexiaclub@y...
> Subject: [Dyslexia Club] New here, need direction for my children
please
>
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a homeschooling mom with 4 children. I had twins first and I
am almost
> positive that they are dyslexic. I didn't really "know" that
there was a
> problem with the way they learned until I had 2 more. My youngest
two are
> SOOOOO different and learn so easily. The twins are 8 and I have
a 5 year
> old who is almost caught up to one of the 8 year olds in her
curriculum.
> Just the past 6 months, one of the twins is really learning well and
> catching up almost to where she should be. There are still things
that one
> daughter can't do and will go and ask the 5 year old.
>
> I have read many emails where others describe their dyslexic child
and it is
> a perfect description of mine. Sometimes they mix-up letters.
Sometimes
> they write their entire name backwards. You can hold the name up
to a
> mirror and read it perfectly. Really bizarre. The biggest problem
I have
> is that they can't 'remember' things. We go through a phonics
program and
> by the end of the alphabet, they couldn't remember what an "a"
was. I've
> tried MANY phonics programs. Even now, one will forget basic
letters and
> will have to chant to herself while trying to spell a 3 letter word
in order
> to remember how to spell it. Sounding out a word is the same
process though
> it has gotten better this year. They are extremely imaginative,
crafty,
> mechanical and can draw like you wouldn't believe. I have art all
over my
> house and people come over and can't believe that they drew these
pictures.
> Reading and basic math is a struggle. Forget reading their own
directions,
> they are not auditory learners. If you can't convey the lesson in
a mental
> picture then you can forget it. LOL
>
> What I'm wondering is how to get them tested. I had heard once
that no one
> will test them until they are 8. So I never bothered until now.
But I have
> NO clue as to where to go. I don't want to be on a wild goose
chase with
> dozens of appointments. Will a Sylvan Learning Center test for
this sort of
> thing along with any other learning disability?
>
> If anyone can steer me in the right direction, I'd GREATLY
appreciate it. I
> live in Florida, BTW.
>
> ~Gwyne
>
>
>
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