Teachers and parents are always there to protect their students' best interests. Parents and teachers are crucial in helping to recognize dyslexia and other reading difficulties.
Prerequisite reading skills should be taught in preschool so that any problems can be corrected. Students entering elementary school will be more aware of language and reading problems that they may have missed in preschool.
Teachers and parents must be able to spot signs of dyslexia in their children. Learn more about from the various Dyslexia Resources For Parents to know how teachers and parents can identify dyslexia.
Be aware of spelling errors
Even though children learn new words at school, they cannot spell correctly. However, spelling errors can indicate a dyslexia-like learning disorder. Students with untreated Dyslexia may have difficulty spelling.
They might make inconsistent spelling mistakes such as spelling the same word multiple times. Dyslexics may misspell letters in the right place but have difficulty identifying the beginning, middle, and end of words.
Learn phonological awareness skills.
Students with dyslexia need to be able to master phonological awareness and phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness refers to the ability to manipulate the sounds (or phonemes) that make up a word.
Phonological awareness can be defined as the ability to recognize and decompose different units of language.
A dyslexic student might have difficulty listening to the sounds that make up a word such as "chair" or finding words that rhyme with "pot". Parents and teachers should prioritize skills related to phonemic understanding to help them recognize and correct any weaknesses.