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evelyn1000
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 Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 9:45 pm Post subject: Dyslexia |
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Have anyone here encountered dyslexic kids?
I am suspecting my little girl who has just turned 5 is dyslexic. Due to some reason, I am not able to take her to any dyslexia treatment centre at the moment. Anyone has idea how I can help my girl out to improve her reading and writing ability. (She writes letters in mirror image, not always but quite often. She is used to mix up 'b' and 'd', or '6' and '9' etc. ) |
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Fishead soup
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| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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evelyn1000
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:02 am Post subject: |
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yeah, I actually feel frustrated as I found that not many one in Korea know much about Dyslexia  |
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crisdean
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Location: Seoul Special City
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| evelyn1000 wrote: |
| yeah, I actually feel frustrated as I found that not many one in Korea know much about Dyslexia |
Korean don't specifically know about dyslexia, because they just catagorise all learning disabilities the same way, I believe it loosely translates as "stupid in the head." And these individuals regardless of potential just get ignored in the classroom falling further and further behind.
Sadly I'm afraid that you might not be able to find much help for her here, which is sad, quite a few members of my extended family have this problem, so I to some extent I understand your frustration. Your best bet might be to try and find some literature in Kyobo or online about dealing with deslexia.
Anyways I wish you the best. |
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Thiuda
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Location: Religion ist f�r Sklaven geschaffen, f�r Wesen ohne Geist.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:29 am Post subject: Re: Dyslexia |
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| evelyn1000 wrote: |
Have anyone here encountered dyslexic kids?
I am suspecting my little girl who has just turned 5 is dyslexic. Due to some reason, I am not able to take her to any dyslexia treatment centre at the moment. Anyone has idea how I can help my girl out to improve her reading and writing ability. (She writes letters in mirror image, not always but quite often. She is used to mix up 'b' and 'd', or '6' and '9' etc. ) |
At five it's too early to tell whether your little girl has dyslexia (especially if she is five in Korean age); her language faculty may not yet be fully developed, and, from a cognitive viewpoint, young children are not able to abstract from spoken language to language as a graphically represented set of symbols until they have developed the ability to abstract (sometime between four and seven, it varies from child to child). If she is dyslexic, it will manifest itself in early elementary school at which time there is still sufficient time to intervene.
Your daughter sounds well developed for her age. The fact that she sometimes writes in reverse may reflect her lack of fine motor coordination, which will improve as she gets older. Again, some children require a little more time to develop fine motor skills, though these can be practised through play. Don't fret over the fact that your daughter is not writing perfectly at five, be happy and proud that your daughter is already writing at five, even if she still makes errors.
Young, inexperienced mothers often have unrealistic expectations of how children develop, expecting them to learn how to read and write prior to entering elementary school. I think this is especially prevalent in hypercompetitive Korean society, where education is often force-fed to individuals too young by individuals not trained sufficiently in early childhood education. It's OK to allow your children the time that they need to discover the world through play and interaction with their peers.
All the best to you and your daughter. |
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Thiuda
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Location: Religion ist f�r Sklaven geschaffen, f�r Wesen ohne Geist.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| crisdean wrote: |
| evelyn1000 wrote: |
| yeah, I actually feel frustrated as I found that not many one in Korea know much about Dyslexia |
Korean don't specifically know about dyslexia, because they just catagorise all learning disabilities the same way, I believe it loosely translates as "stupid in the head." And these individuals regardless of potential just get ignored in the classroom falling further and further behind.
Sadly I'm afraid that you might not be able to find much help for her here, which is sad, quite a few members of my extended family have this problem, so I to some extent I understand your frustration. Your best bet might be to try and find some literature in Kyobo or online about dealing with deslexia.
Anyways I wish you the best. |
crisdean you are uninformed and your post is simply erroneous. You have absolutely no idea of the help that individuals with a variety of disabilities receive in Korea. Your post merely reflects your ignorance and prejudice.
If the OP is convinced that her daughter is dyslexic, then she can ask a child psychologist to do an assessment, following which there are a variety of avenues open to her in regards to treatment options. However, I think it is still too early to do such an assessment, because invariably the consulting psychologist will say that the child is still to young to be diagnosed as dyslexic. |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:44 am Post subject: Re: Dyslexia |
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| evelyn1000 wrote: |
Have anyone here encountered dyslexic kids?
I am suspecting my little girl who has just turned 5 is dyslexic. Due to some reason, I am not able to take her to any dyslexia treatment centre at the moment. Anyone has idea how I can help my girl out to improve her reading and writing ability. (She writes letters in mirror image, not always but quite often. She is used to mix up 'b' and 'd', or '6' and '9' etc. ) |
That might not be Dyslexia.
Dyslexia is a learning disability that manifests itself as a difficulty with reading decoding, reading comprehension and/or reading fluency.
Letter reversal is actually quite common in children and will disappear after a while.
Dyslexia is inherited, dose your family or spouses family have a history? I am dyslexic myself. Discovered at the age of 28 ..... by accident ..... |
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Welsh Canadian
Joined: 03 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:49 am Post subject: Re: Dyslexia |
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| evelyn1000 wrote: |
Have anyone here encountered dyslexic kids?
I am suspecting my little girl who has just turned 5 is dyslexic. Due to some reason, I am not able to take her to any dyslexia treatment centre at the moment. Anyone has idea how I can help my girl out to improve her reading and writing ability. (She writes letters in mirror image, not always but quite often. She is used to mix up 'b' and 'd', or '6' and '9' etc. ) |
Many Kindergarten kids in Canada still do this. Does not mean she is Dyslexic. Actually a few students go from SK to Grade 1 without still knowing the alphabet. Crazy I know but that's the boards decision. |
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evelyn1000
Joined: 26 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for all your replies ^^
My girl is 6 in Korean age, but she is actually 5.
Yeah, she might be dyslexic or not. That is why I wanna take her to a test to confirm. Many articles talking about dyslexia said that kids between5-7 who suffered from dyslexia can be completely cured with proper treatment. However, many parents/teachers didn't notice the problem of dyslexic kids in their early age and missed the best time for treatments. This is the reason why I really want to seek a test for my girl, at least I can know she is dyslexic or not.
Actually, when I tried searching on internet, I found many dyslexia test/treatment centres in Seoul, where I am living. But unfortunately, my husband, a Korean, didn't take the problem seriously. Even the teachers in kindergarten claimed that many kids got the problem of mirror image writing. My daughter's teacher's suggestion is that give my girl some time and she will be better.
I know some people may think I am too sensitive about my girl performance in studying. But honestly, I am not worrying how well she can do in her study, I just wanna help her if in case she's really dyslexic. You will not surprise why I suspected she is dyslexic if you see how she writes. She is not just writing mirror images. Basically, her sequence of writing is totally reversed. People usually write from top to bottom and left to right but she is totally reversed! Even when she draws a circle, she draws it the other way around, altought it is still a circle at the end....
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blackjack
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evelyn1000
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Blackjack  |
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ChilgokBlackHole
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| evelyn1000 wrote: |
| Even the teachers in kindergarten claimed that many kids got the problem of mirror image writing. My daughter's teacher's suggestion is that give my girl some time and she will be better. |
That's not bad advice. What you're describing here is a simple graphic dysphasia, which is one of a number of criteria for a diagnosis of dyslexia. How does she behave when using a computer? If you give her three of each color, red, green, blue, of three shapes, circle, square, and triangle, how does she group them? |
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