Dyslexia

[Guest guest]

My 10 year old son is dyslexic and diabetic type 1. I need to find a

way to help him with his dyslexia. At school the teachers get upset for

having to send him to the nurse for his diabetes that they didn't

send him to the dyslexia class (because he is missing to much class).

Also at some of the schools he was in I told them he is dyslexic and

needs help. The teachers told me he was stupid not dyslexic. Is there

anything that can help him?

Jenny Lee

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/28/2006 1:25:01 A.M. Central Standard Time,

tinklee writes:

 

My 10 year old son is dyslexic and diabetic type 1. I need to find a

way to help him with his dyslexia. At school the teachers get upset for

having to send him to the nurse for his diabetes that they didn't

send him to the dyslexia class (because he is missing to much class).

Also at some of the schools he was in I told them he is dyslexic and

needs help. The teachers told me he was stupid not dyslexic. Is there

anything that can help him?

Jenny Lee

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Jenny,

You are in a quandrary, and it's heartbreaking when a teacher tells a parent

a child that he is stupid. Where do you live? There is an Americans with

Disabilities Act that will allow the state (Florida) to pay for tutoring for

any child with a disability (you need a doctor's recommendation), or in the

case of my teenage daughter, serious depression. I say serious because she

tried to kill herself on many occasions. She was failing in every subject, but

now after two years has learned enough to get her GED and go to college.

It's not home schooling, which I knew I couldn't handle, but homebound

tutoring. She met a tutor once or twice a week in a public library and did her

schoolwork on her own time. Sometimes the tutor can come to your home while

you

are there instead of meeting at the library. I think your son would qualify

because of the diabetes, too, especially since it takes him out of class..

Maybe this tutoring could be helpful, if only for a short time on a trial

basis. Then your son could go to dyslexic class, or be screened by an special

eye doctor and maybe put in an afterschool program? The tutor trained in

special education could help your son get " caught up " on work and the things

he doesn't understand. Your son could turn out to be a brilliant in computers,

or become President, or invent something useful to mankind! God doesn't

make mistakes, and your son could be " special " for a reason.

Blessings,

Athena

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

this is awful to hear Jenny Lee, first, I would like to ask you a few

questions and then I think I may be able to help.

 

what grade is your son in?

 

when did your son get a diagnosis of dyselxia? and by whom?

 

does he have an IEP at school?

 

what is the dyslexia class that you are refering to?

 

Which teachers said that he is just stupid? That is not to be tolerated

whatsoever.

 

Monique

On Behalf Of tinkrblee

Friday, October 27, 2006 9:30 AM

Dyslexia

 

 

My 10 year old son is dyslexic and diabetic type 1. I need to find a

way to help him with his dyslexia. At school the teachers get upset for

having to send him to the nurse for his diabetes that they didn't

send him to the dyslexia class (because he is missing to much class).

Also at some of the schools he was in I told them he is dyslexic and

needs help. The teachers told me he was stupid not dyslexic. Is there

anything that can help him?

Jenny Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hello Jenny!

 

I'm to this group, but I'm not new to raising a child with a learning

challenge. My youngest daughter, (now 24) while not

diagnosed " Dyslexic " , she was determined to have an " auditory

defect " ..not a hearing loss, but a difficulty in the way information

signals are transferred from the ear to the brain. This took a long

time to find, and prior to that finding, school was a nightmare for her

(and me!).

You didn't mention where your child attends school, however, if at all

possible; developing a educational program, specifically geared to your

child's needs would be a top priority. The fact that you report his

teachers getting " upset with him " for having to do anything outside of

their routines is alarming in and of itself. Obviously, his needs are

not being met. It's not enough that he suffers with Juvenile Diabetes

and has a learning disability..his teachers are making matters worse by

not addressing him respectfully and with kindness. Talk to the

Principal of his school-are special programs and kinder, more patient

teachers with some background in these challenges available there?? If

not, it would be worth the extra effort to find the right program(s)

for your son. Sometimes you have to work to find solutions outside your

own comfort zone, too. Having said that and having been there with my

daughter with her own challenges..once we discovered her disabilities,

I met with her teachers (third grade), the school psychologist, the

school's Vice Principal and together we set down a plan of educational

action that included a specifically outlined method of teaching; with

realistic goals listed, which continued on a bi-annually basis until

her senior year in High School. In addition, because " spelling and

reading " were her hardest subjects to grasp; we worked EVERY evening,

both on a white board at home-spelling 'games' to encourage her to want

to learn to spell...practice writing and required reading-her choice of

books. She also received home tutoring in Math, History and Science. I

could not rely entirely on the school system to bring my daughter up to

a minimum standard because they can only do so much-this was a team

effort, however. I worked a full time nursing job but I found time to

work with my daughter, too. Because of the additional support she

received, I'm proud to say, today, my daughter is a loving mom of

three, can balance a checkbook, read stories to her kids and she's

teaching the oldest granddaughter, now five, how to write/spell and

compose her own poetry.

I hope this post will be of help to you and remember, love is key.

 

Powitree

 

, " tinkrblee " <tinklee

wrote:

>

> My 10 year old son is dyslexic and diabetic type 1. I need to find a

> way to help him with his dyslexia. At school the teachers get upset

for

> having to send him to the nurse for his diabetes that they didn't

> send him to the dyslexia class (because he is missing to much class).

> Also at some of the schools he was in I told them he is dyslexic and

> needs help. The teachers told me he was stupid not dyslexic. Is there

> anything that can help him?

> Jenny Lee

>

[Guest guest]

The teacher actually told you he was stupid??? You have got to be kidding me.

I am so glad my girls are all grown up and I no longer have to deal with that

crap. Good luck to you. Can you get him moved to a different class or better

yet, school?

Teresa

 

>

> " tinkrblee " <tinklee

> 2006/10/27 Fri PM 04:30:16 GMT

>

> Dyslexia

>

> My 10 year old son is dyslexic and diabetic type 1. I need to find a

> way to help him with his dyslexia. At school the teachers get upset for

> having to send him to the nurse for his diabetes that they didn't

> send him to the dyslexia class (because he is missing to much class).

> Also at some of the schools he was in I told them he is dyslexic and

> needs help. The teachers told me he was stupid not dyslexic. Is there

> anything that can help him?

> Jenny Lee

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I went to a Catholic school and the Nuns got so

frustrated with my dyslexia they made fun of me out of

their ignronace.

 

Most dyslexics I know have very high IQs. I could beat

everyone in school in chess but couldn't keep my words

straight on papper. It took time for me to learn how

to read but it made me learn hot to improvise to

compensate.

 

Maybe taking extra reading classes will help your son

learn how to adapt.

 

When I switched to a public shool I found the teacher

were very inferior to private schools and I got away

with sleeping in class most of the time.

 

That didn't hurt me as I went to a Catholic college

and gradueated with a 3.9 average in spite of telling

my teachers when they are wrong.

[Guest guest]

Jenny,

what sort of system are they using to

teach him to read?

 

Teachers who call kids that are trying stupid

should be.....severely set right, anyway.

 

Please look into learning Emotional Freedom Technique

to help him cope with all the negativity.

 

This link goes straight to a Dyslexia story.

 

http://tinyurl.com/aeshq

 

Get the free e-book and start tapping!

 

Ien in the Kootenays

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[Guest guest]

Hi

 

My eldest son is also dyslexic and i spent hours trying to get him

the correct education.

He was finally diagnosed at aged 8 and he is now 15, what a

difference from then to now.

I was given a wonderful education program which is used in some

schools in the UK and is so easy to use at home and can be adapted

to suit every child.

If you email me at helen

i will email you how the program works and how i used it at home.

It is so simple you can't believe that it isn't used more often or

offered to parents to help their children, it is back to basics.

Helen

 

 

 

 

 

, " tinkrblee " <tinklee

wrote:

>

> My son is in the 4th grade. At the end of his first grade year he

was

> diagnosed by the school for dyslexia. He only had a couple of

weeks at

> the end of the school year in the dyslexia class. They told me it

> started with having him use something that helps him hold the

pencil

> to help him write in cursive. They said writing in cursive would

help

> him but that is all he had because it was the end of the school

year.

> Plus his teacher said he was going to the bathroom a lot and

playing.

> I told her to send someone in there to make sure he was going but

she

> didn't have time to do that. So he failed first grade. I put him

in a

> private school for his second first grade year. The teacher said

he is

> going to the bathroom a lot have him checked for diabetes. So I

found

> out he was diabetic (he was 7). She had a small class so she said

she

> can work with him on the reading. He went to a different school for

> second grade ( I couldn't afford private school) and there the

teacher

> told me he was stupid not dyslexic. I had a talk with the

principal.

> He said she was with my son more then I was so she probably knows

what

> my son needs better then I do. They wanted me to put him with this

> teacher after school for reading. I said no because she thinks he's

> stupid and I don't trust her to help him. At the end of the school

> year they decided to put him in a dyslexic class. In third grade he

> went to another school (I moved). I told them he was dyslexic and

> diabetic. I had a conference with his teachers, the nurse, the

> dyslexic teacher, and the vice principal. The dyslexic teacher said

> that they were suppose to give him less work, read it to him, and

more

> time to do it. She also said if he needs extra help in reading and

> they don't have the time send him to her. Also he was suppose to

go to

> her for 45 minutes a day for a dyslexic class. In that class he

said

> he played on the computer. He said they made him click on the color

> the computer told him. Well that school had the best nurse for his

> diabetes that I found but since he had to go to her for snacks,

before

> & after pe, before lunch, and sometimes whenever he felt bad. The

> teachers didn't like him leaving and they wouldn't let him go for

the

> extra help. Also from the work he brought home it wasn't shortened

> like the dyslexic teacher told them to do. His spelling test were

> multiple choice he had 5 words to choose from. They only marked

out 1

> of the 5 mispelled words to make it shorter. He also had to do a

word

> search every week for spelling. His dyslexic teacher would do some

for

> him when he went for the 45 minute class. Plus the teacher wanted

him

> to read a book everyday and write about it but she didn't like the

> books he chose. He told me when he turned it in she would just put

an

> F on it because she knows it was a book she didn't want him to

read.

> Also I was suppose to sign a calender everyday so she knows I

looked

> at his behavior for the day. Well one day I signed it but when I

> looked at it the next day

> she marked out my signature and wrote that I need to sign it. So I

> wrote to her I signed it already but you marked it out if you want

> my signature don't mark it off. She wrote back to me she didn't

> write on the calender so she marked off my signature. I wrote back

> that I'm not signing again if she is going to be stupid and mark it

> off then tell me to sign it again. I'm so fed up with how he is

> treated. He

> has been in 5 different schools and he has been treated bad in

every

> one of them. He also gets beat up in the bathroom a lot and the

> teachers don't do anything about it. This year I decided to

homeschool

> him but I'm not sure how to teach him to read with the dyslexia. I

> know I can control the diabetes better and I can give him more one

on

> one attention. But I need to know how to teach him with the

dyslexia.

> I moved back but the school he will be in is the same one for

second

> grade where the principal said the teacher knows him better and

what

> he needs more then I do. His dyslexic teacher said good when I told

> her I was going to homeschool him. Well if anyone can help I would

> greatly appreciate it.

> Thank you,

> Jenny Lee

>

[Guest guest]

I'm all for homeschooling whenever you can! The schools have an

agenda, and its not what they tell us it is. Amazon.com has a lot of

books that can help you. Even reading the book descriptions and

reviews can give you a lot of information. This one sounds good,

Dyslexia, The Miracle Cure

http://tinyurl.com/txxb8

 

Scroll down the page, you'll see a lot to choose from.

The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald D. Davis is a good one.

 

And I'd recommend anything by Brain Gym pioneer Dennison

Switching on: The Whole Brain Answer to Dyslexia by Paul Dennison

 

The brain is not a static blob of neural tissue, but it changes and

new connections can be made by many methods, even after stroke and

traumatic injury. A http://www.braingym.org instructor can find what

exercises will correct brain problems, and very quickly too, in just

1-3 months there can be significant improvements! There is a link to

a directory in the top left corner.

 

What I've heard about Dyslexia is that those affected see the page in

3-D and so when they look at the printed page, the letters look like

they move around.

 

Here's the link to books and authors who reveal the true public school

agenda.

http://tinyurl.com/y5pq6h

Look for online articles by C.Iserbyt

http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/

Her book is free online at the above link.

 

and John Taylor Gatto

http://johntaylorgatto.com/

" Perhaps the greatest of school's illusions is that the institution

was launched by a group of kindly men and women who wanted to help the

children of ordinary families­to level the playing field, so to speak. "

 

I highly recommend unschooling

http://www.unschooling.com/

And good local homeschooling support group.

 

What does a person need to know really? How to read fluently. How to

do simple math. How to search out the information they are looking

for. AND . . . How to follow their bliss.

 

Infinite love is who we are,

Karen

 

This year I decided to homeschool

> him but I'm not sure how to teach him to read with the dyslexia. I

> know I can control the diabetes better and I can give him more one on

> one attention. But I need to know how to teach him with the dyslexia.

> I moved back but the school he will be in is the same one for second

> grade where the principal said the teacher knows him better and what

> he needs more then I do. His dyslexic teacher said good when I told

> her I was going to homeschool him. Well if anyone can help I would

> greatly appreciate it.

> Thank you,

> Jenny Lee

>