Dyslexia: Myth Busting & Soul SavingGifted dyslexics Stealth Dyslexia: Dysgraphia with poor spelling...
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Dyslexia: Myth Busting & Soul Saving
Gini Taylor, M.D.
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dyslexia: dys (difficulty) + lex(word) + ia (condition of)
We now know it is much, much more!!
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Biologic - Genetic - Neurologic
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Neurologic differences
Brain symmetry (equal)
Nerve cell density (tighter)
Nerve column connections (broad connections in dyslexia; narrow in autism)
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Normal vs Dyslexic Reading
Left Right
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MRI studies at MIT & Boston Children’s Hospital
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Left Brain Right Brain
Details Big Picture
2D (letters/#s) 3D (pictures/ideas)
language emotions/senses
linear thought concepts/rules
automaticity experience
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PIG
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The
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b d p q
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Automaticity
Put your left finger on your right ear.
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True or False?
L + VIII x IX = C
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Decoding
Working memory
Processing speed
3 common dyslexic issues:
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Process or Content?
L + VIII x IX = C
What are you testing?
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Myth busting:
My son can’t be dyslexic because reading is one of his strengths, and he loves to read for pleasure!
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Gifted Dyslexics = Stealth Dyslexia
Their silent reading comprehension of long
passages is usually quite good.
Their compensatory skills are so good that they will fool you until the work gets too hard.
“guess and go”strategy
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building things? creative problem solving?
relating concepts and reasoning?..seeing connections?
great vocabulary?
art work...with more interesting ideas?
strong experiential memory?
3D mental rotation abilities?
Is your child good at...
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Spelling problems?
Handwriting sloppy?....Dislike the task of writing things by hand?
Rote memory (remembering lists)
Sequencing (instructions, directions)...getting out the door!
“time blindness” ...and hate timed tests?
R/L orientation
Hate reading out loud?
Need to read difficult text several times to understand it?
Challenges...you or your child?
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The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
It is Genetic!! (50-85% of relatives): Parents of gifted dyslexics:
Science/Math: Engineering, Computers, Economics, Mechanics
Communication: Management, Business, Sales, Coach, Teacher, Counselor, Veterinarian
3D: Pilot, Artist, Athlete
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Gifted dyslexicsStealth Dyslexia:
Dysgraphia with poor spelling in a child with gifted-level oral language abilities will usually be dyslexic. (>85%)
Gifted children with unexpected problems with reading, writing or spelling always require a comprehensive evaluation that looks at auditory, visual, sensory-motor, language, and memory function because appropriate intervention requires accurate assessment.
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Dyslexia and ADHD
20% of people are dyslexic
5-10% of people have ADHD
1/3 of all dyslexics also have ADHD
2/3 of all people with ADHD are also dyslexic
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Montessori schools attract dyslexic kids: “whole child learning”- “community/world/big picture” - “learning at your own pace/multi-age classes” - “parent selected”
Montessori data: estimated to be 30-45% dyslexics
MIT: estimated to be 40% dyslexics
NASA actually tests for dyslexia to HIRE dyslexics!
Montessori & MIT
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They know something is wrong, they just don’t know what or why.
SHAME
ADDADHD
Frustration
Boredom
Rage sadness
anxiety
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Camouflage...
Hide at any cost...better to explode, shut down, run away than expose the inability to read/write = “stupid”
PTSD : chronic negative stress - We remember what hurts.
Chronic cortisol release --> decreases memory and cognition;
The brain actually changes, creating problems with executive functioning.
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Colorado has one of the highest teen suicide rates in the country AND of the “Successful” pediatric suicides, 60% are children with LD (and 80% of all learning disabilities are dyslexia).
Dyslexics = 80% of outpatient pediatric psych patients (anxiety/depression/rage/suicide)
Some painful statistics...
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More painful statistics
bullying
suspension
drop out rates
drug use
prison
suicides
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When to test...
Any ADHD child
Any child with behavior concerns: sadness, anger, anxiety
Family history: sibling or parents
“Something is up...”
Gifted children with handwriting/spelling issues
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Solutions...
Screen every child at kindergarten. (20%!!)
Get testing done for those at risk: a) How do they learn? b) What is hard?
1. Celebrate the whole child!
2. Use their strengths to let them learn the way they learn.
3. Use O-G methods to learn to read/write.
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Embrace solutions
If I told you that in less than 5 minutes I could show you a way to read 5 times as fast and understand more....and it is free....would you try it?
Text to speech...all laptops/ipads can do it!
And...Speech to Text (Dragon Speak) - typically “write 3 times as fast and 99% accurately”
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Support:
1)The Dyslexic Advantage by Drs Eide;
2)The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan by Ben Foss;
3) Nowhere to Hide by Jerome Schultz, PhD
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Thanks!