Dyslexia (Difficulty in Reading)

What Is Dyslexia (Difficulty in Reading)?

Dyslexia is most commonly associated with trouble learning to read. It affects a child’s ability to recognize and manipulate the sounds in language. Children with Dyslexia have a hard time decoding new words, or breaking them down into manageable chunks they can then sound out. This causes difficulty with reading, writing, and spelling. They may compensate by memorizing words, but they’ll have trouble recognizing new words and may be slow in retrieving even familiar ones.
Dyslexia is not a reflection of a child’s intelligence — in fact it’s defined as a gap between a student’s ability and achievement. Some children with Dyslexia are able to keep up with their peers with extra effort at least for the first few grades. But by the third grade or so, when they need to be able to read quickly and fluently in order to keep up with their work, they run into trouble.

Speech Therapy with help and strategies for compensating for their weakness in decoding, students with Dyslexia can learn to read and thrive academically. If you have a concern about your child’s reading skills talk to the Persian Speech Clinic.