Dyslexia in children: signs, correction

So, dyslexia. From a medical point of view, this specific selective violation of the learning process of reading and writing while maintaining a general ability to learn. There is dyslexia in persistent inability of the child learn slogging, reading words and, as a consequence, a misunderstanding of what has been read. Children suffering from dyslexia, when reading distort words, "swallowing" entire syllables, changing letters in places, skipping sounds or, conversely, by adding unnecessary ones.

It should be understood that dyslexia does not apply toviolations of reading and writing, which appear due to backwardness in mental development, deviations in the development of the organs of hearing and sight - all these causes cause quite different diseases. At the heart of dyslexia are neurobiological causes: in a child, certain brain zones are functionally less active than normal.

Recognize dyslexia, highlighting it against the background of other similar violations of reading and writing, is quite difficult. Dyslexia begins to manifest in children aged 6-7 years (when the learning process begins reading) and is more common in boys than in girls.

Diagnosis of dyslexia

For the diagnosis of dyslexia cognitive testing of the child. During testing, the levelmastering the child's reading skills and is compared with those of children of similar age. During testing, the hearing of the child, his ability to reproduce speech are also checked, the level of perception of information of each of the sensory systems of the child (auditory, visual, tactile) is revealed.

Because of the complexity of diagnosing dyslexia, this disease can be diagnosed ina child with a completely different kind of disability and also in the case of poor education. It is easier for social workers to diagnose dyslexia than to identify objective reasons for the deterioration of the reading skill.

What threatens a child with dyslexia?

A child with dyslexia, often becomes the object of ridicule of classmates, as well as an object of discontent of teachers. At school, such a child feels uncomfortable, experiencing difficulties in communicating with peers and teachers, begins to complex.

If you do not try to improve the situation, then with the age of the child, even greater difficulties and problems await, among which:

• disorientation in space;


• disorganization;


• violation of coordination;


• difficulties in the perception and assimilation of information.

Correction of dyslexia

Treatment dyslexia does not have in the usual sense of the word. Dyslexia is a neurobiological feature of a person and one can only help a child cope with the difficulties that arise with dyslexia, but not rid him of dyslexia forever.

Correction of dyslexia is carried out by the method of Ronald D. Davis - one of the most common methods. The main idea of ​​Davis's technique is to give the printed words a figurative, because patients with dyslexia can not perceive the two-dimensional images to which the printed text actually refers, but they think well with three-dimensional images.

Everything that has a three-dimensional figurative expression is understandable to the dyslexic. With the help of special methods printed words are translated into a figurative expression and no longer become a problem for the patient dyslexia of the child.

Davis's technique allows for the correction of dyslexia parallel to the usual educational process in school, so there is no need to tear the child away from school.

Dyslexia is not a sentence

Dyslexia is often associated with genius and not in vain. Dyslexia in his youth suffered many famouspersonalities, including Hans Christian Andersen, Leonardo Da Vinci, Albert Einstein, as well as well-known actors of the present Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, Keira Knightley. They experienced many difficulties due to dyslexia, but, Learning to take into account their own peculiarity, they managed to achieve considerable successes.