Special Needs

Well, here we are on another year of school. This summer we realized that our daughter Melanie might be Dyslexic. Our son Luke was diagnosed with it when he was younger. Now our daughter is showing signs of it. So, I did some research and talked to many different people. Here are some suggestions if you are seeing some educational issues with your child. First, call Home School Legal defence and talk to their special needs coordinator. They really helped me with some areas of concern. Also, if you know of a supervising teacher with special needs abilities, call them and pick their brains. It is always good to have people who have seen these signs before. Do research and find someone out there who can test your child, it will be pricey, but it will help you to know exactly what the problem is. Most of all, do not be discouraged or upset. Make decisions and then stick with them. And most of all, keep a schedule, this is very important. Here are some site that you can check out, The Gift of Dyslexia, this is a good book and it made me look at Dyslexia in a positive way and not in a negative. He has curriculum that you can buy and the book it so good. You can also go on You tube and see some of his videos. Diane Craft, she has a site for left/right brain learners. She also touches on Dyslexia. Mel and I are in the process of doing her left brain right brain test each morning. I think that it is really helping Melanie. This is the Dyslexic Association website, lots of suggestions here. Also, just google or Bing Dyslexia, you will be so surprised at all the sites that are out there. Again, do not get overwhelmed, just take your time and do the research. I hope this all helps and happy hunting.