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Subject: Re: Frustated child Author: Rozz Algar [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 03:46:00 07/13/12 Fri In reply to: Graham 's message, "Re: Frustated child" on 13:39:47 05/29/12 Tue As a mother of an 8 year old boy with dyslexia, I do sympathise. There are a couple of things that I have found have turned my son's attitude around. When he was diagnosed it actually was a huge releif for him to realise there was a reason why he couldnt do stuff at the same speed as his class mates, but this has been boosted by the fact that we have shared with him a lot about the positive features of dyslexia. we bought a fantastic book called The Dyslexic Advantage and we have shared lots of the content with him. It hasnt made him feel 'special' but he realises why he is different and that things he finds easy or instinctive dont necessarily come to others that easily. Maybe your students parents would benefit from reading this book and sharing it with him. another thing my son has found really useful at school is when he is trying to get ideas down, is that his teaching assistant encourages him to draw a picture of his ideas (not a work of art, but just scribbles) and describe it to her, which helps him clarify his ideas and order his thoughts. Its a bit of a long winded way, and sometimes he doesnt actually finish his work, but he is very engaged and motivated and participating in the exercise. I hope these thoughts are useful [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]