Dyslexia

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My son is in the 4th grade. At the end of his first grade year he was

diagnosed by the school for dyslexia. He only had a couple of weeks at

the end of the school year in the dyslexia class. They told me it

started with having him use something that helps him hold the pencil

to help him write in cursive. They said writing in cursive would help

him but that is all he had because it was the end of the school year.

Plus his teacher said he was going to the bathroom a lot and playing.

I told her to send someone in there to make sure he was going but she

didn't have time to do that. So he failed first grade. I put him in a

private school for his second first grade year. The teacher said he is

going to the bathroom a lot have him checked for diabetes. So I found

out he was diabetic (he was 7). She had a small class so she said she

can work with him on the reading. He went to a different school for

second grade ( I couldn't afford private school) and there the teacher

told me he was stupid not dyslexic. I had a talk with the principal.

He said she was with my son more then I was so she probably knows what

my son needs better then I do. They wanted me to put him with this

teacher after school for reading. I said no because she thinks he's

stupid and I don't trust her to help him. At the end of the school

year they decided to put him in a dyslexic class. In third grade he

went to another school (I moved). I told them he was dyslexic and

diabetic. I had a conference with his teachers, the nurse, the

dyslexic teacher, and the vice principal. The dyslexic teacher said

that they were suppose to give him less work, read it to him, and more

time to do it. She also said if he needs extra help in reading and

they don't have the time send him to her. Also he was suppose to go to

her for 45 minutes a day for a dyslexic class. In that class he said

he played on the computer. He said they made him click on the color

the computer told him. Well that school had the best nurse for his

diabetes that I found but since he had to go to her for snacks, before

& after pe, before lunch, and sometimes whenever he felt bad. The

teachers didn't like him leaving and they wouldn't let him go for the

extra help. Also from the work he brought home it wasn't shortened

like the dyslexic teacher told them to do. His spelling test were

multiple choice he had 5 words to choose from. They only marked out 1

of the 5 mispelled words to make it shorter. He also had to do a word

search every week for spelling. His dyslexic teacher would do some for

him when he went for the 45 minute class. Plus the teacher wanted him

to read a book everyday and write about it but she didn't like the

books he chose. He told me when he turned it in she would just put an

F on it because she knows it was a book she didn't want him to read.

Also I was suppose to sign a calender everyday so she knows I looked

at his behavior for the day. Well one day I signed it but when I

looked at it the next day

she marked out my signature and wrote that I need to sign it. So I

wrote to her I signed it already but you marked it out if you want

my signature don't mark it off. She wrote back to me she didn't

write on the calender so she marked off my signature. I wrote back

that I'm not signing again if she is going to be stupid and mark it

off then tell me to sign it again. I'm so fed up with how he is

treated. He

has been in 5 different schools and he has been treated bad in every

one of them. He also gets beat up in the bathroom a lot and the

teachers don't do anything about it. This year I decided to homeschool

him but I'm not sure how to teach him to read with the dyslexia. I

know I can control the diabetes better and I can give him more one on

one attention. But I need to know how to teach him with the dyslexia.

I moved back but the school he will be in is the same one for second

grade where the principal said the teacher knows him better and what

he needs more then I do. His dyslexic teacher said good when I told

her I was going to homeschool him. Well if anyone can help I would

greatly appreciate it.

Thank you,

Jenny Lee

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

 

 

 

I am really enjoying all of the discussion on Dyslexia. I am in a very

different situation but am being to think more about the subject. My

husband is the one that is Dyslexic in our household, so I just wanted to

share with you some of the struggles it has created for him. Of course, the

typical slow reader and underachiever in school in a family of very

successful overachievers. He grew up thinking he was dumb because he really

could not learn to read. He is now 54 so there was no help when he was

younger. What they do is they create their own solutions to handling

everyday requirements. Oddly enough, he is a letter carrier and has to deal

with reading every minute of the day. He is very visually oriented from

right to left. At the post office they have cases with tiny little cubes

that they sort the mail in according to the street address. He actually had

his case set up from the right to the left and could do it much easier but

when it was his day off the his relief guy just could not get the mail

sorted so he had to change it to be like everyone else. It was more

important not to slow down the guy who was doing it one day a week than it

was to try to understand that they were slowing him down five days a week.

He wired electricity backwards, he hung our outside lights upside down,

there are so may things that it impacts, not just reading. For those who

are left handed in our right handed world, they have some concept of what it

is like, but his world is visually different from the rest of us. He does

the same things that we do, but don't have him drive alone when there are

wrong way streets, he sees the arrow the wrong way. He kept doing this and

that was when I finally asked him at the age of 45, Are you dyslexic? He

had never heard the term.

 

He has one brother that is slightly dyslexic that is a college professor but

his really is limited to reading and letters. He is fine with signs and

others things. We never know when we are going to discover that he is not

seeing something like the rest of us.

 

 

 

I am very interested in any of the activities that might help retrain the

brain. Stroke victims are often older than him and even though he has

learnt to cope and is outstanding in his job, often cited by the inspectors

as " the best at his station " , a lot of his success is because he has to

concentrate and stay focused to keep his world structured so that he can

understand it. I know his is older but if something helped just a little, I

would feel a little safer when he is out driving by himself or trying to do

something that requires instructions.

 

 

 

If there is anyway that you can even try to do your normal activities that

have any linear requirements and try to make your self do them in the

opposite direction, you will be amazed at how truly difficult it is for

these people to do many of the things that we take for granted.

 

 

 

It is interesting to note that he is a Chess master and very hard to beat.

Somehow is seems that perhaps the dyslexia actually enables him to visual

moves in his head better than most people, perhaps because we really are

trained to think from left to right.

 

 

 

_____

 

 

On Behalf Of jazzbvb

Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:31 PM

 

Re: Dyslexia

 

 

 

Hi

 

My eldest son is also dyslexic and i spent hours trying to get him

the correct education.

He was finally diagnosed at aged 8 and he is now 15, what a

difference from then to now.

I was given a wonderful education program which is used in some

schools in the UK and is so easy to use at home and can be adapted

to suit every child.

If you email me at helen@scentsiblesol

<helen%40scentsiblesolutions.co.uk> utions.co.uk

i will email you how the program works and how i used it at home.

It is so simple you can't believe that it isn't used more often or

offered to parents to help their children, it is back to basics.

Helen

 

@ <%40>

, " tinkrblee " <tinklee

wrote:

>

> My son is in the 4th grade. At the end of his first grade year he

was

> diagnosed by the school for dyslexia. He only had a couple of

weeks at

> the end of the school year in the dyslexia class. They told me it

> started with having him use something that helps him hold the

pencil

> to help him write in cursive. They said writing in cursive would

help

> him but that is all he had because it was the end of the school

year.

> Plus his teacher said he was going to the bathroom a lot and

playing.

> I told her to send someone in there to make sure he was going but

she

> didn't have time to do that. So he failed first grade. I put him

in a

> private school for his second first grade year. The teacher said

he is

> going to the bathroom a lot have him checked for diabetes. So I

found

> out he was diabetic (he was 7). She had a small class so she said

she

> can work with him on the reading. He went to a different school for

> second grade ( I couldn't afford private school) and there the

teacher

> told me he was stupid not dyslexic. I had a talk with the

principal.

> He said she was with my son more then I was so she probably knows

what

> my son needs better then I do. They wanted me to put him with this

> teacher after school for reading. I said no because she thinks he's

> stupid and I don't trust her to help him. At the end of the school

> year they decided to put him in a dyslexic class. In third grade he

> went to another school (I moved). I told them he was dyslexic and

> diabetic. I had a conference with his teachers, the nurse, the

> dyslexic teacher, and the vice principal. The dyslexic teacher said

> that they were suppose to give him less work, read it to him, and

more

> time to do it. She also said if he needs extra help in reading and

> they don't have the time send him to her. Also he was suppose to

go to

> her for 45 minutes a day for a dyslexic class. In that class he

said

> he played on the computer. He said they made him click on the color

> the computer told him. Well that school had the best nurse for his

> diabetes that I found but since he had to go to her for snacks,

before

> & after pe, before lunch, and sometimes whenever he felt bad. The

> teachers didn't like him leaving and they wouldn't let him go for

the

> extra help. Also from the work he brought home it wasn't shortened

> like the dyslexic teacher told them to do. His spelling test were

> multiple choice he had 5 words to choose from. They only marked

out 1

> of the 5 mispelled words to make it shorter. He also had to do a

word

> search every week for spelling. His dyslexic teacher would do some

for

> him when he went for the 45 minute class. Plus the teacher wanted

him

> to read a book everyday and write about it but she didn't like the

> books he chose. He told me when he turned it in she would just put

an

> F on it because she knows it was a book she didn't want him to

read.

> Also I was suppose to sign a calender everyday so she knows I

looked

> at his behavior for the day. Well one day I signed it but when I

> looked at it the next day

> she marked out my signature and wrote that I need to sign it. So I

> wrote to her I signed it already but you marked it out if you want

> my signature don't mark it off. She wrote back to me she didn't

> write on the calender so she marked off my signature. I wrote back

> that I'm not signing again if she is going to be stupid and mark it

> off then tell me to sign it again. I'm so fed up with how he is

> treated. He

> has been in 5 different schools and he has been treated bad in

every

> one of them. He also gets beat up in the bathroom a lot and the

> teachers don't do anything about it. This year I decided to

homeschool

> him but I'm not sure how to teach him to read with the dyslexia. I

> know I can control the diabetes better and I can give him more one

on

> one attention. But I need to know how to teach him with the

dyslexia.

> I moved back but the school he will be in is the same one for

second

> grade where the principal said the teacher knows him better and

what

> he needs more then I do. His dyslexic teacher said good when I told

> her I was going to homeschool him. Well if anyone can help I would

> greatly appreciate it.

> Thank you,

> Jenny Lee

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Get the book Allergies And Candida by Steven Rochlitz. I think you have to

order it from his website at www.wellatlast.Com It's an amazing book that

can help with balancing both sides of the brain and has simple " exercises "

to do to work with this, and then he explains how and why they work. He had

all these health problems himself from childhood, and it so affected his

adult life that he had to quit his professorship at a collage so that he

could heal himself. This book is his results of study and exerience.

 

Samala

Renee

 

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I am very interested in any of the activities that might help retrain the

Brain. Stroke victims are often older than him and even though he has

Learnt to cope and is outstanding in his job, often cited by the inspectors

As " the best at his station " , a lot of his success is because he has to

Concentrate and stay focused to keep his world structured so that he can

Understand it. I know his is older but if something helped just a little, I

Would feel a little safer when he is out driving by himself or trying to do

Something that requires instructions.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/30/2006 8:47:21 A.M. Central Standard Time,

vmarkley writes:

 

He told me when he turned it in she would just put

an

> F on it because she knows it was a book she didn't want him to

read.

> Also I was suppose to sign a calender everyday so she knows I

looked

> at his behavior for the day. Well one day I signed it but when I

> looked at it the next day

> she marked out my signature and wrote that I need to sign it. So I

> wrote to her I signed it already but you marked it out if you want

> my signature don't mark it off. She wrote back to me she didn't

> write on the calender so she marked off my signature. I wrote back

> that I'm not signing again if she is going to be stupid and mark it

> off then tell me to sign it again. I'm so fed up with how he is

> treated. He

> has been in 5 different schools and he has been treated bad in

every

> one of them. He also gets beat up in the bathroom a lot and the

> teachers don't do anything about it. This year I decided to

homeschool

 

 

 

I have dealt with ugly teachers like this before! They seem to delight in

having the " upper hand, " and blame everything on the parents. Shame on them.

It does get better in middle school. Finally, the child is the one

responsible for late work, etc. I got so tired of being fussed at. I would

always

cry at meetings. I agree that you shouldn't sign under those circumstances.

That happened to me once, too.

Ask the teacher if your son was blind or in a wheelchair, would he be

treated better.

 

What REALLY troubles me is your son getting beat up in the bathroom! He

could die! He could be raped! He could drown! There are a lot of hard

surfaces and water in there, and I would go immediately to the principal and

document this behavior. Those boys must be dealt with! Go to the school board

if

necessary. Thank God, my child is in an A+ school in Florida and there is no

tolerance for " bullying. " Maybe you would like a copy of the policy. Let me

know.

Kids are encouraged to report it, too. A substitute teacher told a little

Mexican boy who had his brother in class translating for him that he couldn't

stay with him, and that he should go back to Mexico! Several children went

up to the office to report this, and she was fired on the spot. She has also

told black children to " go back to where they came from. "

We have anti-discrimination laws, and Americans with disabilities laws.

This treatment is not only unacceptable but is illegal. I am sure a lawyer

would gladly accept your case. That is the last thing a principal would want.

Don't be afraid to homeschool. You can always do it for a while to see.

(It sends a message to the school. They'll get less money, too.) You can take

your child on trips, movies, plays, and broaden his experiences and IQ in

the process. The ABECA curriculum is one I have heard of. But there may be

one that is better for him. Also, homeschooled kids get to gather for sports,

picnics, etc. And they get their work done in a fraction of the time that

it takes in regular school because there are no " behavior " problems, switching

classes, wasted time, slowing things down. You get to influence him to be

the person you want him to become. And when he grows up you will treasure the

time you spent with him.

My heart goes out to your little boy. God bless him and you. Pray and God

will surely lead you!

 

P. S. My cousin is 49 and is a licensed charter boat captain and is

dyslexic. He went to an experimental school called New Heights and had a tutor

for

every year he was in school, and graduated with his class from high school

He is now a licensed charter boat captain. He took his Coast Guard exam

orally. He was also a Sergeant in the Air Force. He is not " stupid " by any

means.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Jenny,

 

Bless you for doing the home schooling.

 

I have a friend here in my area who is a master

teacher of dyslexic kids.

I would be happy to bring the two of you

together, she may be able to give you some

pointers over the phone. (we are in B.C.)

 

The woman is a genius, highly respected by

the Calgary Foothills Academy for LDs.

She is also an eccentric stubborn character

who doesn't always get along well with adult

authorities.

 

Email me privately and we'll see what we

can do.

 

In friendship,

 

Ien in the Kootenays

http://profiles./free_green_living

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

wow. i am just reading the various posts as they come into my In

Box, and saw that your son is being treated so wrong. have you ever

thought about going to the media? i don't know where you live, but

it might help get some attention and force the school authorities to

shape up.

i hope everything works out and your son stays safe.

~sommer

 

, HeiressArts wrote:

>

>

> In a message dated 10/30/2006 8:47:21 A.M. Central Standard Time,

> vmarkley writes:

>

> He told me when he turned it in she would just put

> an

> > F on it because she knows it was a book she didn't want him to

> read.

> > Also I was suppose to sign a calender everyday so she knows I

> looked

> > at his behavior for the day. Well one day I signed it but when I

> > looked at it the next day

> > she marked out my signature and wrote that I need to sign it.

So I

> > wrote to her I signed it already but you marked it out if you

want

> > my signature don't mark it off. She wrote back to me she didn't

> > write on the calender so she marked off my signature. I wrote

back

> > that I'm not signing again if she is going to be stupid and

mark it

> > off then tell me to sign it again. I'm so fed up with how he is

> > treated. He

> > has been in 5 different schools and he has been treated bad in

> every

> > one of them. He also gets beat up in the bathroom a lot and the

> > teachers don't do anything about it. This year I decided to

> homeschool

>

>

>

> I have dealt with ugly teachers like this before! They seem to

delight in

> having the " upper hand, " and blame everything on the parents.

Shame on them.

> It does get better in middle school. Finally, the child is the

one

> responsible for late work, etc. I got so tired of being fussed

at. I would always

> cry at meetings. I agree that you shouldn't sign under those

circumstances.

> That happened to me once, too.

> Ask the teacher if your son was blind or in a wheelchair, would he

be

> treated better.

>

> What REALLY troubles me is your son getting beat up in the

bathroom! He

> could die! He could be raped! He could drown! There are a lot

of hard

> surfaces and water in there, and I would go immediately to the

principal and

> document this behavior. Those boys must be dealt with! Go to

the school board if

> necessary. Thank God, my child is in an A+ school in Florida and

there is no

> tolerance for " bullying. " Maybe you would like a copy of the

policy. Let me

> know.

> Kids are encouraged to report it, too. A substitute teacher told

a little

> Mexican boy who had his brother in class translating for him that

he couldn't

> stay with him, and that he should go back to Mexico! Several

children went

> up to the office to report this, and she was fired on the spot.

She has also

> told black children to " go back to where they came from. "

> We have anti-discrimination laws, and Americans with disabilities

laws.

> This treatment is not only unacceptable but is illegal. I am

sure a lawyer

> would gladly accept your case. That is the last thing a

principal would want.

> Don't be afraid to homeschool. You can always do it for a while

to see.

> (It sends a message to the school. They'll get less money,

too.) You can take

> your child on trips, movies, plays, and broaden his experiences

and IQ in

> the process. The ABECA curriculum is one I have heard of. But

there may be

> one that is better for him. Also, homeschooled kids get to

gather for sports,

> picnics, etc. And they get their work done in a fraction of the

time that

> it takes in regular school because there are no " behavior "

problems, switching

> classes, wasted time, slowing things down. You get to influence

him to be

> the person you want him to become. And when he grows up you will

treasure the

> time you spent with him.

> My heart goes out to your little boy. God bless him and you.

Pray and God

> will surely lead you!

>

> P. S. My cousin is 49 and is a licensed charter boat captain and

is

> dyslexic. He went to an experimental school called New Heights and

had a tutor for

> every year he was in school, and graduated with his class from

high school

> He is now a licensed charter boat captain. He took his Coast

Guard exam

> orally. He was also a Sergeant in the Air Force. He is

not " stupid " by any

> means.

>

>

>