I tutor a 7 year old girl whom I think has got Dyslexia. How could I know and deal?

[Abu Jaffar]

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
I tutor a 7 year old girl, and I think she's got Dyslexia because she can hardly read. How could I know if she's got it or not? And How should I deal with the problem. She's got a good accent, listens and repeats well but when it gets to reading its hard for her.
Her father says she's good in Arabic but she doesn't like math and English.
جزاكم الله خيراً

[Abu 'Abdullaah]

Re: I tutor a 7 year old girl whom I think has got Dyslexia. How could I know and dea

Do my eyes deceive me or is this Abu Jaffar?

[*asiya*]

Re: I tutor a 7 year old girl whom I think has got Dyslexia. How could I know and dea

:wswrwb: when u say her father says shes good in arabic, do you mean she can read arabic fine ?

my son had dyslexic symptoms after becoming temporarily disabled by swelling on the brain caused by the MMR vaccine. I took him to a private tutor who specialises in dyslexia and she gave him a piece of yellow acetate which allowed him to read the words in his books without visual disturbance. maybe u could try that insha Allah it may help.

[Abu Jaffar]

Re: I tutor a 7 year old girl whom I think has got Dyslexia. How could I know and dea

Do my eyes deceive me or is this Abu Jaffar?

yep, its me. :)

[Abu Jaffar]

Re: I tutor a 7 year old girl whom I think has got Dyslexia. How could I know and dea

:wswrwb: when u say her father says shes good in arabic, do you mean she can read arabic fine ?

my son had dyslexic symptoms after becoming temporarily disabled by swelling on the brain caused by the MMR vaccine. I took him to a private tutor who specialises in dyslexia and she gave him a piece of yellow acetate which allowed him to read the words in his books without visual disturbance. maybe u could try that insha Allah it may help.

He said she loves doing the Arabic homework, I teach her english. I will try what you said in sha` Allah. جزاكم الله خيراً

[nonameakhi]

Re: I tutor a 7 year old girl whom I think has got Dyslexia. How could I know and dea

He said she loves doing the Arabic homework, I teach her english. I will try what you said in sha` Allah. جزاكم الله خيراً

ASWRWB

akhie dont limit to yellow acetate as it can be different colours for different people, from my very limited knowledge, so green even red

Also akhie I would be careful not to simply explain it as dyslexia, its easily done (i worked in school and other fields and have a n autistic son). There is a readiness to label these days and often it simply maybe lack of interest or laziness which becomes a habit and that is what needs changing

Also akhie it maybe you just need to 'slow' her down. intelligent kids sometimes make 'dyslexia type' mistakes due to being too quick. Its like kids with scruffy writing some are just scruffy as tehy cannot be bothered, some are scruffy because the mind is quicker than the hands so in order to get everything down speed becomes the key factor

[Antoinne]

Re: I tutor a 7 year old girl whom I think has got Dyslexia. How could I know and dea

10 Helpful Dyslexia Resources:

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-d...pful-resources

A friend was not diagnosed until he was 14. By then, so many adults (his own parents too!) in his life had labelled him a probelm child. He was convinced that he lacked intelligence, morals, and any hope of acheiving in school, or life. Good of you to try to help this girl acheive what she is capable of realizing. Your encouragement and resources will no doubt aid her immensely.