All About Dyslexia
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desichan352:
I'm afraid I have dyslexia as I find it very difficult to copy from a book or board and have to do it word by word. I can't concentrate in class and will get a headache when i try to do so. I also have a very short term memory and will stutter all the time whether in front of my classmates or parents like repeating a certain word again and again before forcing myself to move on to the next word and don't have a very wide vocabulary of words. I also take a few hours to learn 听写 or spelling while my friends take only a few minutes. Oh, and when i need to know what letter comes before another, i have to recite the alphabets to do so. Anyone can help me?
desichuan352,
How old are you? I don't think you have dyslexia. Your post is perfect in terms of spelling and order. My dyslexic friends, even as adults, will commit frequent spelling errors even though they are already working for their phD. You can manage multisyllabic words like \"concentrate\", \"vocabulary\", and your sentences are in order.
I also need to recite the entire alphabet to know the order of the letters, and I am not dyslexic.
It's best to get a professional to look into it for you, e.g. an educational psychologist to do an assessment of your needs. From your description, there are other possibilities related to the information processing systems. My guess would be that the stuttering and poor vocabulary are a result, not a primary cause, of other learning issues.
I think as a student, you can referral through the school for an assessment. Why don't you ask your parents to raise this with your school? The assessments will take longer, but they will be heavily subsidized.
My son has to learn in a multisensory way and I teach him what is the way that works for him so that he can learn independently thereafter. My son also used to get a headache, and it turned out to be vision related. If you can read the words one by one, but gets confused when everything is string together in a sentence or on a page, then it may be worth checking out vision issues. There are many vision issues that are little known, not just short-sightedness or astigmatism.
You should consider if you get headaches only during certain circumstances - consider noise level, lighting, reading etc. Some people cannot filter out ambient noise well. This is auditory processing issues and can be diagnosed by an audiologist. One of my neighbours' son was diagnosed with that, as well as with vision issues. Before his diagnosis, he was unable to copy from the board at all, did very badly in school and had very low self-confidence.
You should also consider what are the things that you CAN remember very well - are they things that you hear, things that you touch etc. This will indicate to you the way you learn best. I read extensively to my son when his vision issue makes him unable to read. His ability to filter out ambient sounds is also a bit on the low side, so his learning environment has to be relatively quiet. However his verbal reasoning is very good and he learns a lot through conversations, being read to and the good radio/TV programmes. Because he is not a typical learner, I have to find ways of teaching that suits him, and not expect him to adapt to curriculum because they just don't work for him. He gets confused. I have to bring in bridging materials, as well as slowly get him to adapt to the busier learning environment that he will encounter in primary school.
Finally I want to tell you that finding it hard to learn is not an accurate indication of your abilities. The fact that you have the self-awareness and drive to help yourself shows that you are a motivated learner. What you need now is to find the learning paths that serve you the best. -
Anyone knows about Dyslexia in Chinese Language?
Any known intervention therapists in Singapore? So far found none.
What about overseas? -
JonC,
maybe you will find something here?
http://www.lsesnet.com/blog/?cat=4
The people running the blog are in Singapore and should be able to provide some services or at least direction. I'v not used them before, just passing info on.
I think there are also some Montessori teachers who teach chinese the montessori way with manipulatives (or can make your own). Maybe you can check that out too. -
By the way, do you know that your child can be exempted from MT if an assessment shows that it is really hard for him to process it? He can attend the classes, but not take the exams.
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deminc:
Hi Deminc,desichan352:
I'm afraid I have dyslexia as I find it very difficult to copy from a book or board and have to do it word by word. I can't concentrate in class and will get a headache when i try to do so. I also have a very short term memory and will stutter all the time whether in front of my classmates or parents like repeating a certain word again and again before forcing myself to move on to the next word and don't have a very wide vocabulary of words. I also take a few hours to learn 听写 or spelling while my friends take only a few minutes. Oh, and when i need to know what letter comes before another, i have to recite the alphabets to do so. Anyone can help me?
desichuan352,
How old are you? I don't think you have dyslexia. Your post is perfect in terms of spelling and order. My dyslexic friends, even as adults, will commit frequent spelling errors even though they are already working for their phD. You can manage multisyllabic words like \"concentrate\", \"vocabulary\", and your sentences are in order.
I also need to recite the entire alphabet to know the order of the letters, and I am not dyslexic.
It's best to get a professional to look into it for you, e.g. an educational psychologist to do an assessment of your needs. From your description, there are other possibilities related to the information processing systems. My guess would be that the stuttering and poor vocabulary are a result, not a primary cause, of other learning issues.
I think as a student, you can referral through the school for an assessment. Why don't you ask your parents to raise this with your school? The assessments will take longer, but they will be heavily subsidized.
My son has to learn in a multisensory way and I teach him what is the way that works for him so that he can learn independently thereafter. My son also used to get a headache, and it turned out to be vision related. If you can read the words one by one, but gets confused when everything is string together in a sentence or on a page, then it may be worth checking out vision issues. There are many vision issues that are little known, not just short-sightedness or astigmatism.
You should consider if you get headaches only during certain circumstances - consider noise level, lighting, reading etc. Some people cannot filter out ambient noise well. This is auditory processing issues and can be diagnosed by an audiologist. One of my neighbours' son was diagnosed with that, as well as with vision issues. Before his diagnosis, he was unable to copy from the board at all, did very badly in school and had very low self-confidence.
You should also consider what are the things that you CAN remember very well - are they things that you hear, things that you touch etc. This will indicate to you the way you learn best. I read extensively to my son when his vision issue makes him unable to read. His ability to filter out ambient sounds is also a bit on the low side, so his learning environment has to be relatively quiet. However his verbal reasoning is very good and he learns a lot through conversations, being read to and the good radio/TV programmes. Because he is not a typical learner, I have to find ways of teaching that suits him, and not expect him to adapt to curriculum because they just don't work for him. He gets confused. I have to bring in bridging materials, as well as slowly get him to adapt to the busier learning environment that he will encounter in primary school.
Finally I want to tell you that finding it hard to learn is not an accurate indication of your abilities. The fact that you have the self-awareness and drive to help yourself shows that you are a motivated learner. What you need now is to find the learning paths that serve you the best.
I'm 12, thank you very very much for all your help! Really appreciate it! Will try asking my parents to bring me to get my eyes checked. ^^ Thanks once again for everything :love: -
@deminc
I know about it already, talk to the person before too about 1 year back. They are doing research, not providing intervention.
Initially after talking, the person sound interested and say will call me, but in the end, never call back. -
JonC,
I'm sorry to hear about that. It's frustrating I know. The first accredited vision therapist I managed to track down turned me down because she preferred teaching over doing therapy. It was extra frustrating because we had already gone to so many places and were dismissed by so many people, but she immediately knew what I was talking about within the first few minutes over the phone.
I don't know if you want to try this - this mum's son was exempted from Chinese after diagnosis for poor phenomic awareness and others. She writes quite clearly about it here: http://momto5.blogspot.com/2008/06/isaacs-results-isaac-has-now-officially.html
She used to be very active on another forum that I don't go to anymore, and you may be able to contact her at her blog to see if you can get any leads from the assessor. Good luck! -
desichan,
you're most welcomed. I look at my kid and I feel really sorry and angry for children who have gone undiagnosed. Before my kid was formally diagnosed, we had consulted a senior opthamologist and was told that he sometimes get parents bringing kids in with similar \"weird\" symptons. His advice? Just keep quiet and observe the child quietly. If the child stops complaining, everything is ok.
What bullshit! :x
I suggest you ask your parents to ask the school for a reference for an assessment with an educational psychologist. For vision, a private practioner will be more proactive. You can refer to this page for more on vision-related learning issues:
http://www.covd.org/Home/AboutVisionLearning/SymptomsChecklist/tabid/114/Default.aspx -
deminc:
Any idea how much it costs to get my eyes checked? Do you think it is necessary as it is not very serious, just minor. Just that when I can't read from a paragraph very well, as in will lose track of which part I'm reading and tend to get a little giddy. Yup, that's about it.desichan,
you're most welcomed. I look at my kid and I feel really sorry and angry for children who have gone undiagnosed. Before my kid was formally diagnosed, we had consulted a senior opthamologist and was told that he sometimes get parents bringing kids in with similar \"weird\" symptons. His advice? Just keep quiet and observe the child quietly. If the child stops complaining, everything is ok.
What bullshit! :x
I suggest you ask your parents to ask the school for a reference for an assessment with an educational psychologist. For vision, a private practioner will be more proactive. You can refer to this page for more on vision-related learning issues:
http://www.covd.org/Home/AboutVisionLearning/SymptomsChecklist/tabid/114/Default.aspx -
Desichan,
erm, if you are already aware of how it affects you physically, you should have an idea of it affects your reading speed, comprehension and memory right? If you lose track of lines regularly, your reading comprehension and speed is compromised. If the reading and thought process is constantly interrupted by spells of giddiness, it will be laborious to understand what you are reading, much less remember what you read or see right? Is it any wonder then that you find yourself having to put in so much more effort than your peers?
My neighbour’s child has problem refocusing from far to near and he can barely copy because his mind blanks out in the process. My son used to feel giddy when cycling. Now he doesn’t and he was so surprised and happy. I was surprised too because it didn’t even cross my mind that he was having giddy spells.
A private check is expensive - $290. Reference through polyclinic to Kkh eye center is a fraction of that. If you want the polyclinic route, tell them you get giddy spells after reading and the polyclinic will arrange appt for you. Kkh has orthopists but you have to get through the optician and the opthamologist to get to the orthopist.
While you think it over, I suggest you try learning through other senses. I don’t know how old you are, but you can consider recording lectures, audiobooks of certain texts, enlarging notes and reorganizing materials so that it’s easier to read and track. For spelling use tactile methods. Speak to your teachers to ask for seats that allow you better view or photocopied notes so you can concentrate on listening to the contents instead of struggling with visual materials.
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