Understanding Behaviors to Understand Dsylexia
A parent and a teacher can observe the following behavior clues in their child/student that may be indicators of dyslexia. Most young children when they are beginning to learn how to read might display a few of the behaviors listed; however, consistent problems with a group of behaviors are the red flags. Call The Thinking Center for additional information about your child/teen. Listed below are the behavior clues about reading difficulties.
- Late talker (first words not spoken until about 15 months; phrases not spoken until after 2).
- History of language learning difficulties in the family---reading, writing, spelling, handwriting.
- Difficulty pronouncing words correctly---by 5 or 6, a child should have little difficulty saying most words correctly.
- Difficulty playing sound games and with rhyming words (most 3 and 4-year olds enjoy hearing and repeating plosive sounds like in Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater, Jack and Jill.
- Learning new vocabulary is difficult and it is often unable to find the right word to use (not using same number of words as same age friends, resorts to words like “stuff” or uses series of “um..,um..,um, I forget”).
- Following directions or routines (not able to following more that one direction at a time; follows the first or last direction given but not all) seems confusing.
- Interaction with peers is limited (does not appear to know how to join in a game or talk with other children).
- Difficulty learning and remembering names, numbers (ability to remember varies from day to day).
- Confuses basic words and has trouble learning basic facts.
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