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set aside time for a family read along. when with your family you feel more comfortable to make mistakes and this can also make it easier for when you have to read aloud in class

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Many students in the United States today are struggling readers. The U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics evaluates reading comprehension every two years. Recent testing (2019) showed that one-third of students in 4th and 8th grades are reading below basic level and struggle to understand their school work. Not surprisingly, these challenges are even more acute for students with dyslexia.

Is difficulty reading the same as a diagnosis of dyslexia?

No. But whether a student has dyslexia or not, being unable to read can lead to a lifetime of struggles with daily living. For example, beyond completing their school work, individuals who cannot read may later find themselves unable to:

apply for a job or take a test to advance to a new position

read a menu or a map

follow written instructions

take a driver's license test

manage health care decisions, medications, and dosages (their own and others')

follow a recipe

work with technology

communicate on social media

make informed decisions

live independently

follow operating instructions

help with homework and read to their own children

Poor reading skills have been shown to result in higher rates of unemployment, lower-quality jobs, lower-income, and reduced self-esteem.

How you can help your struggling reader at home

Most struggling readers do not qualify for public school special education services, but parents can do a lot to help - right at home. These are simple steps that can benefit the entire family, whether or not children have been diagnosed with dyslexia.
Activities to Do Every Day

Set aside a family read-aloud time.

Designate an adult or other skilled reader for each session.

Select materials that interest the child and that the child can understand as a listener. (Your local librarian can help.)

The reader should sit next to the child and encourage them to follow along, looking at the words on the page as they are spoken.

Stop from time to time for a little conversation about the story and the characters. Ask questions to make sure the child is following the story and answer any questions they may have.

Discuss the meaning of any new or unusual words that come up during the day. If a word has an interesting spelling pattern, point it out.

Encourage and model a growth mindset.

Encourage deliberate practice and model it, showing the child how people get good at what they practice.

Respond to errors in a way that helps the child understand that mistakes are helpful. They help us improve.

Activities to Do Several Times a Week

Engage your child in brief writing tasks such as personal notes, making lists, recording events in a diary or on a calendar, etc.

Encourage and model writing by hand, with legible and consistent letter formation.

Provide guidance for accurate spelling and sentence punctuation.

Model and support the use of digital technologies like keyboarding with a sentence-level spelling and grammar checker or project management using a digital calendar.

If your child struggles with reading, writing, or spelling, consider getting help from a qualified structured literacy professional. Learn more about structured literacy dyslexia testing and children . reading, writing, and spelling therapy for

If you are a parent with questions on how to better help a child with dyslexia through proven treatment options, contact us today for a free consultation.

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Problem solving:
When transitioning to adulthood with dyslexia there can be some challenges in the way. There are plenty of resources to help people with dyslexia and also tools. There are a lot of organizations and programs designed for transitioning

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Advocacy for needs:
It is very important to advocate when your child has a disability. When preparing to advocate, parents should have report cards, evaluation reports, test and homework samples, state assessments, etc. These are all things you need to start advocating for yourself or your child.

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One strategy that helps an individual with dyslexia reinforce skills is using multisensory learning. This is when a lesson or skill is taught to the individual, but more than one sense is being incorporated. This strategy is beneficial to someone with dyslexia because they struggle with processing new information. Using this strategy allows the individual to engage in movements of learning new things.

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Independence:
An individual with dyslexia can struggle with completing tasks in the classroom independently because their disability could leave them to not being able to read the directions or instructions of the task they are supposed to complete. To help these individuals gain the independence, assistive technology is provided.

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to help with social skills you can use examples such as using videos, shows, or real like events to help learn about social cues. you can also use phrases to show you are paying attention and teach how to properly use them and switch them up. its also important to practice everything with a trusted friend or family member to start.

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Families can help their children who struggle with dyslexia by standing by them and being supportive. Some families with multiple children have trouble giving time to each child. The child with dyslexia may get extra help and support causing the other children to feel unimportant and left out. It is important for the family to understand this, take extra time for the other children, and make them feel important. In the home, you can work on helping a child with dyslexia by having them listen to audiobooks and follow along, drilling sight words, and repeating and reviewing their skills.

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Children each learn and develop at their own pace, and reading is no different from other skill building. It's common for kids to find reading challenging at one point or another. But if learning to read becomes an ongoing struggle that leaves a child falling behind their peers, it's possible that they have a learning disorder known as dyslexia.

Dyslexia is most commonly associated with trouble learning to read. It affects a child's ability to recognize and manipulate the sounds in language. Kids 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 youngsters 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.

With help and strategies for compensating for their weakness in decoding, students with dyslexia can learn to read and thrive academically. But dyslexia is not something one grows out of.

How common is dyslexia?

It is estimated that as many as one in five kids has dyslexia, and that 80 to 90 percent of kids with learning disorders have it. Sally Shaywitz, MD, co-director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity, notes that many children go undiagnosed as struggles in school are incorrectly attributed to intelligence, level of effort or environmental factors.

Although experts used to say that dyslexia occurred more often in boys than in girls, current research indicates that it affects boys and girls equally.

A young person with dyslexia may:

Struggle with learning even simple rhymes

Have a speech delay

Have trouble following directions

Repeat or omit short words such as and, the, but

Find it difficult to tell left from right

In school, children with dyslexia are likely to:

Have difficulty sounding out new words

Lack fluency compared to other children their age

Reverse letters and numbers when reading (read saw as was, for example)

Find it difficult to take notes and copy down words from the board

Struggle with rhyming, associating sounds with letters, and sequencing and ordering sounds

Stumble and have difficulty spelling even common words; frequently they will spell them phonetically (hrbr instead of harbor)

Avoid being called on to read out loud in front of classmates

Become tired or frustrated from reading

Dyslexia affects children outside of school as well. Kids with dyslexia may also:

Find it difficult to decode logos and signs

Struggle when trying to learn the rules to games

Have difficulty keeping track of multi-step directions

Struggle with getting the hang of telling time

Find it especially challenging to learn another language

Become incredibly frustrated, which can effect their mood and emotional stability

Social and emotional impacts of dyslexia

Dyslexia affects a lot more than reading - it can also impact a child socially. "A dyslexic person who has word-finding difficulties can have trouble with their expressive language," says Scott Bezsylko, the executive director of Winston Preparatory School, which specializes in teaching kids with learning disorders. "That has a social impact, in addition to your difficulties with reading and writing, that make you feel not so good about yourself."

Kids with dyslexia - particularly those who have yet to be diagnosed - often suffer from low self-esteem because they worry that there is something wrong with them, and are often accused of not trying hard enough to learn to read. "A lot of our work with dyslexic kids is to help them rediscover that they are smart and capable," notes Beszylko, "because they've stopped believing in themselves."

How is dyslexia diagnosed?

If your child isn't meeting expectations for reading, as parents you can ask the school district to perform an evaluation and share the results with you. The evaluation will test your child's intellectual capacity and reading skills, to see if there is an achievement gap. It should also rule out other potential causes like environmental factors or hearing impairment.

The school should then make recommendations on how they can support your child and maximize her learning.

If you are unhappy with the quality of the evaluation, you can also secure a private evaluation by a psychologist, a neuropsychologist, a reading specialist, a speech and language therapist, an educational evaluator or a school psychologist. This external evaluation can also be used to advocate for your child and get the accommodations and services she might need.

When should a child be evaluated?

Dyslexia can begin to reveal itself at a young age, and there are preschool evaluations that look at the child's awareness of the sounds that make up words, and ability at word retrieval. However, Matthew Cruger, PhD, a clinical neuropsychologist at the Child Mind Institute, suggests waiting until kids are at least six years old and have had some formal instruction in reading to seek out a formal evaluation.

But Dr. Shaywitz notes that as soon as a gap between intelligence and reading skills is apparent - and evidence shows it can be seen in first grade - it's a good idea to get help. Schools sometimes encourage parents to wait until the third grade to see if their child truly needs an intervention, but Dr. Shaywitz argues that the earlier intervention is important not only to help kids catch up but to boost their fragile self-image, which is damaged by continuing struggle in school and comparisons with peers.

How to help kids with dyslexia

A dyslexia diagnosis does not mean your child will never learn to read. Dr. Cruger says there are a number of programs that can help, which might include these features:

Multi-sensory instruction in decoding skills

Repetition and review of skills

Intensity of intervention - that is, more than being pulled out of class once a week for extra help

Small group or individual instruction

Teaching decoding skills

Drilling sight words

Teaching comprehension strategies, to help kids derive meaning from what they're reading

Reading programs that been shown to help kids with dyslexia include:

Dr. Cruger points out that traditional tutoring may actually be counter-productive for a child with dyslexia, particularly if it is not a positive experience. "If the child hates the experience of reading help, it's not helpful," Dr. Cruger notes. "And it's not treating the source of the problem, the decoding weakness."

Instead, Dr. Cruger emphasizes that one of the most important ways to help kids with dyslexia is to make them more comfortable reading. This can be done in part by celebrating even small victories and accomplishments, while focusing less on correcting their errors.

Accommodations for kids with dyslexia

Kids with demonstrated dyslexia are eligible for accommodations in school. "Dyslexia robs a person of time," Dr. Shaywitz explains, "and accommodations give the time back to her." Accommodations may include:

Extra time on tests

A quiet space to work

The option to record lectures

The option to give verbal, rather than written, answers (when appropriate)

Elimination of oral reading in class

Exemption from foreign language learning

Other ways to support a child with dyslexia

One of the best ways to support a child with dyslexia - or any child who is struggling - is to encourage those activities that they like and feel good at, whether it is music, joining a sports team or anything else that helps build her confidence.

To help reinforce that dyslexia is not a marker of intelligence, it can also be helpful to talk about successful people - like Whoopi Goldberg and Steven Spielberg - who have also been diagnosed with dyslexia.

Other things that may help your child with dyslexia include:

Listening to audio books as an alternative to reading

Typing on a computer or tablet instead of writing

Apps that can make learning fun by turning decoding into a game

Using a ruler to help kids read in a straight line, which can help keep them focused

Emotional support

Dyslexia can result in frustration, embarrassment, avoidance and low self-esteem as a result of difficulties performing tasks that seem to come naturally to others. Demystifying the learning disorder with your child can help him develop the tools - and resilience - necessary to manage it, both in school and in social circumstances. Some things you can do to help include:

Discuss the specific challenges that result from dyslexia: "You know how you have a hard time reading signs or copying notes from the board? That's dyslexia."

Acknowledge their effort and celebrate hard work, even if there are still mistakes: "I know how difficult that reading homework was. I am so proud of how hard you tried."

Help them recognize their strengths: "You showed such great sportsmanship and teamwork in the soccer game the other night, and that was a great goal you scored!"

Combat negative self-talk: If your child starts saying things like, "I'm just stupid," don't ignore it. Instead, check out these ideas for helping kids who are too hard on themselves.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Audio book - An audio book can read to you and allow for easier reading and allows for less stress on the student.

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Accommodations:
change of setting: This can make it easier for the student to focus when reducing visual and/or auditory distractions.

Timing: changing the amount of time given to complete a task/test could reduce stress for the child and allow the child more time to read more efficiently and comprehend the material.  You can also allow breaks (when necessary)

Organization: devices and strategies such as timers to keep track of how much time they have, highlighters to make reading more easier, color coding their materials, or large print.

some adjustments to instructional opportunities would be giving step by step instructions and reading the written instructions you loud. use key words when reading instructions. when giving out paper copies you can highlight the key words for the student to rad first.

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No/low technology devices:
- Reading guides/ color overlays: The use of these for a student with dyslexia can be helpful to them by it providing them a way to maintain the focus on the text by it highlighting the sentence they should be focusing on. The color overlay also helps the student if the typical black and white print is challenging for the individual.
- Magnifiers: Using a magnifier can help an individual with dyslexia by the focus being on one word or sentence, which restricts them from wondering to other words on the page.
Mid technology devices:
- Speech to text app: This technology can help a dyslexia student that struggles with the writing aspect. This app can allow the student to use their voice to get their point across instead of struggling to write their thoughts down on paper.

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There are multiple areas where challenges will be for people with dyslexia. They will have trouble reading and keeping up with other students in the classroom. In their personal lives, they may struggle with talking to others and reading menus and articles. They can work through all of these things though. When it comes to emotional regulation it can be hard for students with dyslexia to remain calm and collected when struggling. They may become frustrated and angry. To overcome this we have to talk with our students and remind them that they can take their time and help is available to them. Communication is another hard area for people with dyslexia. Since reading and writing is a challenge for them when talking via text/email it can be hard to communicate what they want to say. They can overcome this by slowing down and using text-to-speech software that allows them to say what they want instead of typing it. Overall, there are ways to overcome all of these challenges and it is important to stay positive.

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Smart Pens -  A smart pen is a device to help people with disabilities like dyslexia take notes. The pen allows you to record audios from lectures. A smart pen also records what you are writing when you are taking hand written notes. You can then upload your notes onto your device.

Speech recognition - This software allows for people to speak into a device and the device will type the words out for them. This can be useful for people with dyslexia because it allows them to write what they want without the stress of making mistakes.

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Assessments to test for dyslexia include testing for phonological awareness, decoding, fluency, comprehension, and rapid naming. These assessments help people see the child's ability and what they struggle with. Children with dyslexia may need accommodation when completing tests and assignments. One example of an accommodation would be reading instructions aloud to the students. Also doing things with formatting like making text larger and putting less information on each page can be useful. Letting these children work in small groups or in another classroom can help limit distractions and help with completing assignments as well.

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- Dyslexia affects roughly 20% of the Earth's population.
- 80-90% of those people already have other learning    disabilities.
- It is estimated that every 1 out of 10 people have dyslexia.
- Children who grow up in poverty are 40% more likely to have reading impairments.
- About 60% of people with dyslexia are men.
- Kids with ADHD make up for 30% of the diagnosis.
- More than 40 million US adults have dyslexia.

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Top 20 Dyslexia Statistics And Facts

1. It is estimated that 1 out of 10 people have dyslexia.

2. The world has roughly 7.8 billion people living it in, where 780 million of them are dyslexic.

3. More than 40 million US adults have dyslexia, with only 2 million of them receiving a diagnosis.

4. Between 70% and 80% of people harboring limited reading proficiency suffer from dyslexia.

5. 1 out of every 5 students, representing 15% to 20% of the total, have a learning disability centered on language, with dyslexia being the most common disability.

6. About 60% of people with dyslexia are men, with women representing a similar percentage.

7. People from different economic and ethnic backgrounds suffer from dyslexia at about the same rate.

8. Children that grow up in poverty are 40% more likely to have reading and language learning difficulties.

9. Between 70% to 80% of kids attending schools with a large minority population have poor reading abilities.

10. Based on recent studies, about 38% of 4th-grade students read at a level that's below average, or below 40% of their peers.

11. Countrywide, about 20% of all elementary school children have problems learning how to read.

12. 5% of all adults in the US are functionally illiterate.

13. About 25% of adults read at an elementary school level.

14. The high school dropout rate for kids with reading problems is 62%.

15. 89% of students with an individualized education have problems reading, with 85% of them having dyslexia.

16. Kids with ADHD account for 30% of those that are also dyslexic.

17. One of the most famous scientists, Albert Einstein, was dyslexic. Furthermore, there is no correlation between dyslexia and IQ.

18. Although false, 80% of people assume that dyslexia is linked to mental retardation.

19. Dyslexia is not just about getting numbers or letters mixed up or out of order.

20. More than 50% of NASA employees are dyslexic.

What Percentage Of The Population Has Dyslexia?

It is estimated that 1 out of 10 people have dyslexia. That means that with a 7.8 billion global population, there are around 780 million people with dyslexia globally.

Below is an illustration which shows what each side of our brains think about. Our brains are very complex and can remember many things - more than you think.

People with dyslexia live and work all around the world, the condition being detected without regard to language or culture. It impacts between 9% and 12% of the world's population, with between 2% and 4% of people having severe symptoms.

About 20% of kids going to school in the United States have dyslexia.

When the correct teaching methods are appropriate, children with dyslexia can successfully learn over 90% of the time.

NASA employs a workforce where over 50% of the people are dyslexic.

Dyslexia is proven to run in people's families, whereby parents with the disorder are likely to have it passed down to their children.

Over 80% of dyslexics have problems with organization, planning, prioritizing, being punctual, and staying focused on background noise being heard.

People with dyslexia have a 60% greater chance of being able to connect ideas well and use alternative methods to solve problems.

Dyslexic people represent 20% or more of workers employed in professions like computer science, art, drama, economics, mechanics, math, and sports.

How Many People Have Dyslexia Worldwide?

The world has roughly 7.8 billion people living it in, where 780 million of them are dyslexic. This total includes people both diagnosed, undiagnosed, and misdiagnosed.

1. It is estimated that 1 out of 10 people have dyslexia.

2. The world has roughly 7.8 billion people living it in, where 780 million of them are dyslexic.

3. More than 40 million US adults have dyslexia, with only 2 million of them receiving a diagnosis.

How Many People Have Dyslexia In The U.S?

More than 40 million US adults have dyslexia, with only 2 million of them receiving a diagnosis. Between 5% and 15% of Americans, which represents 14.5 to 43.5 million kids and adults, are dyslexic.

What Is Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is classified as an unpredicted level of problems in reading comprehension, typically among people that should be able to read better than they do. It's often due to problems with the phonological processing of words. The difficulty is shown in how words are understood, their appreciation, and how the variations of sounds made are interpreted. it can impact one's ability to read, speak, spell, or even learn another language.

The most prevalent learning disability is dyslexia, individuals with the condition have problems processing language the same way other people do.

One out of every five people has dyslexia.

Between 70% and 85% of kids that are enrolled in special education for a learning disability have dyslexia.

Not mirroring any defects in language on its own, dyslexia is more of a localized imperfection with parts of the brain that moderate the human ability in phonetics. This is where sounds emitted when speaking a language are combined to create words or when they're broken down into individual sounds.

Creativity and intelligence are very high in people with dyslexia.

Dyslexic people rely more on the right side of the brain for language processing.

Kids are twice as likely or at a 50% greater risk of being dyslexic if at least one parent has the condition. If both parents are dyslexic, their child has a near 100% chance of having it as well.

There are different severities of dyslexia, with about 40% of individuals also having an ADHD diagnosis. People with dyslexia also burn much more energy when attempting to complete specific objectives. Such tasks would seem mundane to others.

As dyslexia isn't a disease, there isn't a cure. As a learning disorder, it's characterized by problems using and processing different codes of linguistics, symbolism, and letters that represent sound variations or numbers.

Is Dyslexia More Common Among Boys?

Dyslexia affects both boys and girls at about the same rates. However, boys are more often sent for evaluation for dyslexia than girls are, though this could be related in part to puberty, particularly for preteens.

What Percentage Of Dyslexic People Are Successful?

In one UK study, researchers discovered that around 40% of millionaires classified as self-made are dyslexic.

At least 25% of most CEOs are dyslexic, even though they may not be aware of it.

About 70% of people with dyslexia graduate and receive their high school diploma.

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33 Dyslexia Statistics & Facts: How Many People Have Dyslexia?

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There are multiple other disabilities that you can have along with dyslexia. People with dyslexia may also struggle with ADHD, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, speech/language disorders, executive functioning disorders, and anxiety. This is why every person with dyslexia is affected differently because most of the time there can be another issue working with dyslexia.

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Dyslexia occurs on a continuum and may look different for different students, in part, because its effects may be exacerbated by a variety of other conditions.

One reason why dyslexia manifests itself differently from one individual to the next is that many students with dyslexia can be affected by co-existing or comorbid challenges. Some students with dyslexia also have Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), dysgraphia, dyscalculia, speech/language disorders, executive functioning disorder, and/or anxiety. A description of the most common conditions to accompany dyslexia are described in the text that follows.

Anxiety
Anxiety is a frequent emotional symptom demonstrated by students with dyslexia. For some students, even when in the most supportive school/home environments, frustration, confusion, and anticipation of failure due to their own learning disability often impacts their ability to be successful. Schools and families can work together to provide systematic supports and interventions to enable students to learn to cope with anxiety. Learn more in the section entitled, " Social Emotional Impacts of Dyslexia."

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Dyslexia and ADHD are two distinct conditions that are often comorbid, however, one does not cause the other. A student who is diagnosed with ADHD can present with characteristics such as inattention, distractibility, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. According to the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), it is estimated that 30% of those with dyslexia have ADHD as well, making it one of the most common co-existing conditions with dyslexia. Upon completion of an evaluation, a physician or psychologist can diagnose the presence of ADHD in a student.

Dyscalculia
Dyscalculia is a mathematical disability in which a person has unexpected difficulty solving arithmetic problems and grasping math concepts, such as time, measurement, and spatial reasoning, as defined by the International Dyslexia Association (IDA). Like dyslexia, dyscalculia can occur in people at all levels of cognitive ability.

Many of the characteristics of dyscalculia are similar to the characteristics of dyslexia. If a student has problems with working memory, he or she is likely to have trouble memorizing math facts or completing multi-step calculations.

Dysgraphia
The IDA defines dysgraphia as the condition of impaired letter writing by hand, that is, disabled handwriting. This disability can interfere with learning to spell words in writing and the speed of composing and writing text. This condition may occur alone or in the presence of dyslexia.

For instructional purposes, it is important for the teacher to be able to distinguish whether difficulties lie in handwriting only, spelling only, word reading and spelling only (dyslexia), or a combination of handwriting, spelling, and word reading. Students with dysgraphia may benefit from explicit handwriting instruction and early intervention. Keyboarding accommodations can often help these students to compose text more readily.

Executive Functioning Disorder
Executive functioning is the use of skills to organize and act on information. The executive functions are a diverse, but related and overlapping, set of skills that help people manage and control all life tasks.

The following are components of executive functioning

1. Metacognition, or the awareness of one's own thought processes

2. Working memory

3. Attention and focus

4. Self-control

5. Goal-directed persistence

6. Cognitive Flexibility/Shift

Students who have challenges in executive functioning may have difficulty paying attention, remembering details and maintaining control in order to analyze, plan, and organize information to complete tasks. Students may struggle with self-regulation, time management, self-motivation, and metacognitive skills to help with their learning and thinking processes. Executive functioning issues are often present in students diagnosed with ADHD and or dyslexia; however, students who struggle with reading and writing, can also present with these characteristics due to other mitigating factors such as frustration, discouragement, fear of failure, or lack of motivation.

Speech/Language Disorders
Students with dyslexia may also present with common speech/language disorders involving problems in the articulation of sounds and the accuracy of sound production and/or atypical oral language development. Although impairments in language and reading are distinct disorders, they are often closely related conditions. Speech and language are often evaluated as part of a comprehensive evaluation for dyslexia. Speech/language services are accessed through an Individualized Education Program (IEP), for students who qualify. Speech and language disorders can be a stand-alone category of eligibility for special education services as well as a co-existing condition.

The FCPS online dyslexia handbook provides information and resources to FCPS schools and parents alike as they support students with dyslexia.

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Common Co-Existing Conditions with Dyslexia

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Dyslexia occurs on a continuum and may look different for different students, in part, because its effects may be exacerbated by a variety of other conditions. Any of these commonly co-existing conditions can contribute to reading and/or writing difficulties that already exist in these students.

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- School: Having issues with sounding out words, struggle with writing because they can reverse numbers and letters when writing. They can become frustrated when learning because they struggle with reading and not being able to understand.
- Home: At home individuals can have a difficult reading instructions, or recipes when cooking. It can also cause issues with siblings by them not getting as much attention as the individual with dyslexia.
- Community: An individual with dyslexia could avoid the community and isolate themselves from social situations. This is because they may feel embarrassed of their disability.
- Employment: Having this disability in a workplace can be challenging because these individuals struggle with reading, writing, and spelling. This can lead them to not be able to retain the information they are supposed to do, or organizing their thoughts.
-Relationships: Having dyslexia and being in a relationship can make it difficult for the individual to express their emotions effectively which can cause conflict within the relationship.
-Social and emotional: A person with dyslexia could be socially immature compared to others. This can lead the individual to have negative thoughts about themselves and low self esteem.

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There can be multiple possible causes of dyslexia. Most people believe that dyslexia is genetic and gets passed down. Other factors could be low birth weight, premature birth, and poor maternal health while in the womb. There is no sure cause that has been identified. Dyslexia is normally something you are born with but it can also occur after a brain injury.

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What Is Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a brain-based learning disorder that causes difficulties with reading and processing written language. Symptoms are often discovered when children learn to read. In school, children may struggle to retain language, remember the symbols for certain sounds, and understand the grammar and syntax needed to communicate in writing. While the condition is most often identified in elementary school, a diagnosis can come at any time in a person's life. Dyslexia has no connection to intelligence-only to the complicated brain functions needed to process written language.

Dyslexia is the most common reason for difficulties in reading, writing, and spelling, and affects individuals regardless of gender or socio-economic background. It also occurs in populations across all languages.

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Signs & Symptoms

Movies and media often portray dyslexia by having letters and words shift on a page. In reality, the signs and symptoms are more complicated-and can differ from case to case. People with the illness typically experience slow reading; adding, missing, or transposing letters in words; needing to read something two or three times to comprehend its meaning; and discomfort when reading out loud. Sometimes, it also affects spoken language and can make conversations difficult to join and understand.

The signs of dyslexia often look different depending on age. In young children, it can show up as a delay in talking, reversing sounds in words, and trouble remembering colors, letters, and shapes. Children may also struggle to remember nursery rhymes or songs. Once children begin school, symptoms often include reading below grade level, avoiding activities that involve reading, and experiencing difficulty answering questions, sequencing events, and sounding out unknown words.

Sometimes, dyslexia is not diagnosed until someone grows into a teenager or an adult. In those cases, symptoms can include reading slowly, mispronouncing or misspelling words, and experiencing difficulty with memorization and activities that require it, such as learning a foreign language or solving math problems. Teens and adults with dyslexia may also have trouble grasping jokes and wordplay or summarizing a story.

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Dyslexia: What It Is & What Causes It | ABF

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Dyslexia is a brain-based learning disorder that causes difficulties with reading and processing written language. Read about its symptoms, causes, and more.

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-Pronunciation problems.
- Difficult time with rhyming words.
- Trouble with learning numbers, letters, colors, and shapes
- Difficult time with handwriting and using the proper grip when using a writing utensil.
- Slow on learning new skills .
- Pays attention to little detail, or too much.
- Trouble with summarizing.
- Struggles with spelling.
- Avoids reading/talking in a group setting.

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Individuals with dyslexia struggle mainly with reading, writing, spelling, and pronouncing words which are struggles that they can have academically. Dyslexia can also create behavioral struggles with include anxiety and anger. The language barrier that this learning disability causes also makes it challenging for the individual to express how they feel. Dyslexia can also cause struggles in motor coordination, memory, and visual attention.

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Dyslexia is a disability that affects reading. It makes it hard for people to read fluently and comprehend their readings. Dyslexia affects vision and makes letters appear flipped. Dyslexia can also affect math skills as numbers can appear flipped as well.

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Do/Can any other disabilities exist in addition to this primary diagnosis?

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What are the academic, behavioral, or functional areas of struggle based on this disability?

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Identify challenges in the following areas:
- School
- Home
- Community
- Employment (for adults)
- Relationships
- Social and Emotional

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This week, you will be working in groups based upon your chosen disability. During each class, you will be given a set of criterion to follow to construct your own research and find resources to create a disability padlet. On Friday of this week, you will be teaching another group about your disability using the padlet you have created, which will lead into our second edition of the Who Am I? Demystification poster regarding Specific Learning Disabilities.

Tasks: Conduct your own research (I have given you a head start with the resource hub) on each of the subtopics for each day. As always, based on course policy, do not copy and paste. Quote, summarize, and paraphrase. For each subtopic, you will also be required to find two resources (videos, links, websites, pdfs, etc.) to assist and teach others. Provide a brief description for each of your resources as well.

Subtopics: In each subtopic, you will need the following:
- Defining, summarizing, quoting, or paraphrasing to give an understanding of each one.
- Two resources + an explanation of each one.