Signs of Dyslexia in Ages 12 to Adult

Is he sometimes inaccurate in reading?

Is his spelling poor?

Does he have difficulty taking notes or copying?

Does he have difficulty with planning and writing essays, letters or reports?

Here are some common problems that children often exhibit.

You may think: He's not listening but –

	He may have difficulty in remembering a list of instructions.
	He may have problems getting his thoughts together coherently for story or essay writing.
	He may have sequencing problems and may need to be taught strategies to cope/alternative ways of remembering.

He's lazy but –

     He may have difficulty in organizing his work and need specific teaching to help him.

     He may be able to answer the questions orally but he can't write them down.

    The child may have found that the less he writes, the less trouble he gets into for making mistakes.

He's not concentrating but –

    He may have difficulty in copying accurately. This is often because he cannot remember chunks but needs to look at each letter, write it, then look at the board again, find the place, and so on...

He's careless but –

    He may have very poor handwriting as he hasn't sufficient hand skills to control the pencil

He's not checking his work but –

    He may spell the same word several different ways if he doesn't have the visual memory to know what is right or the kinesthetic memory for it to feel right as he is writing.

He doesn't look carefully but –

He may have a visual memory deficiency and therefore experience difficulty when interpreting symbols.

He's being awkward / impossible on purpose but –

   He may be able to produce very good work one day and the next "trip up over every word". "Off days" are quite common and require extra encouragement and understanding.

Page 1 - Is Your Child Dyslexic
Page 2 - General Signs & Signs in Young Children
Page 4 - Strong Points of Dyslexic Children

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