dyslexia

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just wondered if anyone knows anything about it in children?

i am dyslexic (but no-one realised til quite late)

wondered is it inherited?
when can you tell?
how do you teach dyslexic children spelling and stuff?
even if dd not dyslexic, how do i not transmit all my spelling errors/ propbs on when teaching her to read etc?

The book I'm reading "Why Children Can't Read' might be very annoying for you as the writer doesn't believe in dyslexia as such - she thinks difficulties with learning to read and spell are actually to do with problems with how children hear speech - it's quite complicated. BUT she is very keen on teaching phonics. It's an interesting read if you are interested in the science of reading. Catflap put me on to the book - there's a thread about it, I think called What's the best way to teach a child to read - do a search under education.

thank you

interesting point of view - obv i do believe in dislexia, but would be interesting to read it... personally i found phonics really hard though... are you worried about your babies being dislexic?

i know very little about dyslexia. but about to chuck my happorth of knowledge at you anyway!

i know that a good friend of mine is dyslexic, and her mum is dyslexic - which I guess would show some hereditary tendencies????

MIL is a SN teacher, SIL (her daughter) is dyslexic, DH is dyslexic and FIL is too (we think). However, BIL isn't.

Just asking DH - he says he learnt coping mechanisms. For him, learning Japanese helped (it made him break the words down into syllables - I'm not saying this is the only way to teach a dyslexic child how to read - he did this much later in life!). And phonics are good.

yeah my friend's mum also learnt coping mechanisms - she was a psychiatrist and apparently she just learnt off the relevant vocab for the specialism and was fine.

My mums is dyslexic, so is my brother and sister, so I think it can be inherited.
My mum went to college at 21 to learn to read so she could help us when we got older. She still can't do maths and struggles over words.

It can be inherited but usually through the male line (far higher proportion of boys than girls are dyslexic).
I was also wondering the earliest it can de diagnosed - must do some Internet searching. I know there are many different forms of dyslexia & am a bit paranoid about DS (4) as DH was diagnosed late & his dad also had a degree of dyslexia

My Dad is Dyslexic. I (at the ripe old age of 25) am going to be assessed next week for Dyscalculia (finally!) so I have a real interest in this too. Concerns about my DD's and whatnot (various problems in 'everyday' life) have led me to seek help with what I think may be Dyscalculia (let you know next week!), as I worry that if I don't find some techniques to help me get to grips with the numerical world I wont be able to help them with the very basics of numeracy, let alone if they develop problems too .