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When parents hear dyslexia or developmental reading disorder they are synonymous with
each other. What it relates to is this inability,like you said, to read fluently and comprehend
information, written language, at an age appropriate level.
Speech and language disorders, there is a strong relationship between the presence of
a speech and language disorder and the likelihood of disturbed reading development but one does
not imply the other.
We are able to see it, assess it and identify it at kindergarten or first grade. Typically,
second, third and fourth is when they’re identified by the school and that’s due
to chronic failure, chronic struggling in the classroom setting or poor progression.
Yes, they always will have a reading disorder and it’s never going to make reading easy
for them. It’s always going to be a challenging process.
The most dangerous association that kids will make is that belief that education isn’t
fun. That school isn’t fun. Once that's made, once that's engrained it's really tough
to shake. So, keeping the homework environment light and keeping any remediation program
a part of their daily homework but also making it fun.