Dyslexia Treatment Strategies for Children and Adults

2 Comments: Dyslexia Treatment Strategies for Children and Adults

1. As a pediatrician with dyslexia and mom of a dyslexic kid who, I think it’s irresponsible to publish an article about dyslexia treatments without even mentioning Structured Literacy or Orton-Gillingham methods of teaching reading!
   Additude is generally rigorous and science-based, but to leave out proven, specific methods of teaching that can help kids learn to read effectively, efficiently, fluently and *enjoy reading* is a major disservice to the kids whose parents or teachers read this article. Particularly since the effectiveness of structured literacy programs is vastly improved by starting early it is critical that parents looking for help for dyslexic kids see this information. Props to Keaton7 for finding and sharing their experience, but it’s not enough to have comments most readers will never see be the only mention of teaching reading to dyslexic people.
   I urge you to update the article to include (at minimum) a reference & link to one of the Additude articles about validated methods of teaching reading and remediation. Please highlight this critical addition to the ideas in the article!

2. There may be no medical treatment for Dyslexia, but we found a therapy that worked wonders for our daughter. She is no longer considered dyslexic and not only enjoys reading now, but reads faster than me, prints neatly, and is a better speller than me! We put our daughter in educational therapy when she was in grade 4 because learning was so frustrating for her – she saw a therapist once a week and we did daily exercises at home. Within a month I notice a huge improvement in her ability to read! She went to the therapist for a few years (dyslexia was not her only learning disability). Check out ed. therapy programs such as offered by Arrowsmith. See TedX talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0td5aw1KXA