quote:Originally posted by Barbapapa: One of my students is suffering from dyslexia, what do you want to know Assooma?
Finally, I received a response, HamdAllah. I just want to know everything about his behavior and attitude in class. If He is very slow learner, is he suffering from psychological problem, the way you deal with him…etc?
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quote:Originally posted by Asooma: Finally, I received a response,
If you had posted it on the living Egypt section I would have seen it and replied earlier..
Dyslexia is also called "developmental reading disorder", which is a reading disability resulting from the inability to process graphic symbols.
Between 2 and 8% of elementary-age children have some degree of reading disability. Developmental reading disorder (DRD) is not caused by vision problems , but rather is a problem involving higher cortical (brain) processing of symbols . Children with DRD may have trouble rhyming and separating the sounds in spoken words. These abilities appear to be critical in the process of learning to read.
A child's initial reading skills are based on word recognition, which involves being able to separate out the sounds in words and associate them with letters and groups of letters. More developed reading skills require the linking of words into a coherent sentence. Because DRD children have difficulty connecting the sounds of language to the letters of words, they may consequently have difficulty understanding sentences.
Most children with DRD have normal to above average intelligence. The disorder is a specific information processing problem that is not connected with the ability to think or comprehend complex ideas.
DRD may appear in combination with developmental writing disorder and developmental arithmetic disorder. All of these processes involve the manipulation of symbols to convey information. These conditions may appear singly or in any combination.
Other causes of learning disability and, in particular, reading disability, must be ruled out before a diagnosis of DRD can be made. Cultural and educational shortfalls, emotional problems, mental retardation, and diseases of the brain (for example AIDS) can all cause learning disabilities.
Symptoms include:
Possible family history of learning disorder Difficulty learning to recognize written words Difficulty rhyming Difficulty determining the meaning (idea content) of a simple sentence May occur in combination with writing or arithmetic learning problems
Treatment of dyslexia is unfortunately very difficult. Special education services may include specialist help, individualized tutoring, or special day classes. Every individual has different requirements and an Individual Education Plan should be created for each child. Positive reinforcement (saying "shater ya 7abibi" more often than "look what you've done wrong") is important as many students with learning disabilities have poor self-esteem. Psychological counseling may be helpful.
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My answer will be much less complete than Koshari's one, and is only based on my own experience. This student has a very normal behavior, but has a huge problem with reading and writing. A very simple text, with simple words, he will not be able to read them properly since he mixes the letters. N and r are the most complicated for him. So he "guesses" words, and when he reads, the sentence has no meaning anymore. He would need more time for everything I think, because when I write something, it takes him longer to understand it than his classmates, then he writes it down and same, it takes him longer, so when he finishes writing, he missed maybe 5 minutes of my class, and it goes for every single word he learns. Besides, he has a very normal life, friends, everything.
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Guys, but my experience is totally different. The kid knows how to read and how to write, he can understand simple sentence, “this is his second language”. The LRC said that he has very littel percentage of Dyslexia!! His problem that he sometimes acts as a wonderful kid, other he acts as a miserable kid! He can recognize the whole alphabetic, he is good in math. My problem that he doesn’t fellow the other kids in class, and he is very slow. Today for example he wrote the word ”horses” in 5 minutes. Although he knows the meaning and he knows the spelling, but his attitude is very strange, he has the ability to move all his body gestures at the same time, plus he cant concentrate and focus , what is killing me that when he concentrates he really does a good job! So I don’t know how to deal with him. HELPPPPPPPPPPPPP.
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quote:Originally posted by Asooma: Guys, but my experience is totally different. The kid knows how to read and how to write, he can understand simple sentence, “this is his second language”. The LRC said that he is has a very littel percentage of a Dyslexia!! His problem that he sometimes acts as a wonderful kid, other he acts as a miserable kid! He can recognize the whole alphabetic, he is good in math. My problem that he doesn’t fellow the other kids in class, and he is very slow. Today for example he wrote the word ”horses” in 5 minutes. Although he knows the meaning and he knows the spelling, but his attitude is very strange, he has the ability to move all his body gestures at the same time, plus he cant concentrate and focus , what is killing me that when he concentrates he really does a good job! So I don’t know how to deal with him. HELPPPPPPPPPPPPP.
Dear Asooma, your little friend is definitely not suffering from Dyslexia. The way you described him sounds somehow just like my first born son who is now almost six years old.
My son was diagnosed with a mild form of PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorder), in meaning he has problems communicating and paying the needed attention.
Now in the case of your student it could be that he's suffering from ADHD ((Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). This young boy should definitely get evaluated for that if his motor skills, speech etc. are on target appropriate to his age.
I found a link of one specialized doctor (Dr. Ashraf Azmy) in Cairo, I am sure there are more available to assess him.
Good luck and all the best for this little young man's future.
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Maybe this kid is smarter than has been recognised. Often the kids who are bored in class might act that way, is it a very set and strict curriculum? Its so hard to work out "how": to reach/teach a kid in a class, particularly when they take up so much of the class time with antics.I feel for you Assoma, he must be driving you mad, but what an interesting challenge!
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quote:Originally posted by *Tigerlily*: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Asooma: [qb] Guys, but my experience is totally different. The kid knows how to read and how to
Now in the case of your student it could be that he's suffering from ADHD ((Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). This young boy should definitely get evaluated for that if his motor skills, speech etc. are on target appropriate to his age.
I found a link of one specialized doctor (Dr. Ashraf Azmy) in Cairo, I am sure there are more available to assess him.
Good luck and all the best for this little young man's future.
((Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) I Think that this is what he is suffering from, but the problem is I want 2 know how to deal with him, I really dont have the authority to speak 2 doctors to assest him! duno what 2 do?
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Yes I understand and of course you need to talk to the parents of the boy first. If they are agreeing on getting him looked at this would be the first step in the right direction. It will take time to evaluate him throughly and of course only specialists in this field can give him the right assessment. I am not an expert at all on ADHD by it's a quite common disorder and mostly boys are suffering from it. And if the doctors find something I am sure they will work out a plan for his parents, family and also for you as a teacher to make the daily interaction with him better and help him to accomplish given tasks easier.
Thank you that you care so much about your student, not every teacher is caring and thoughtful like you are. All the best.
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quote:Originally posted by *Tigerlily*: Yes I understand and of course you need to talk to the parents of the boy first. If they are agreeing on getting him looked at this would be the first step in the right direction. It will take time to evaluate him throughly and of course only specialists in this field can give him the right assessment. I am not an expert at all on ADHD by it's a quite common disorder and mostly boys are suffering from it. And if the doctors find something I am sure they will work out a plan for his parents, family and also for you as a teacher to make the daily interaction with him better and help him to accomplish given tasks easier.
Thank you that you care so much about your student, not every teacher is caring and thoughtful like you are. All the best.
duno what 2 say! but really many thanks.x
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