Can a Gifted Child Have Dyslexia

Yes they can and they often do

Studies by Dr. Linda Silverman now show that 33% of the students learn best when they see and experience information and an additional 29% learn better this way

Many of these students have the following four challenges:
- They struggle with sight word vocabulary and pattern recognition

- They often have problems with vision (e.g. skipping words or lines when reading, or have difficulty copying off the board)

- With attention (they find it very difficult to pay attention to that which is boring)

- Parents and teachers are not sure why this bright child is not doing well in school

We believe that parents want to:
1- Understand if your child is a visual-experiential or
visual-spatial learner and understand the implications

2- Check for vision and attention related issues

3- Be sensitive to the emotional side effects --
being really smart and struggling in school is
hardest on the student

4- Make sure the school is aware of the challenges -- for
students who learn differently they often benefit from:
- Having things explained using hands-on or visual prompts

- Having parents and teachers being empathetic
when they do not get it

- Having people acknowledge their vision and
attention issues and help them-- copying problems
can be addressed by providing them with a copy
of notes and attention can be helped by
sitting closer to the teacher

5- Work with professionals whose expertise is in helping
students like yours -- phonics-based programs may be,
medication may or may not what you want, and kill and
drill sessions that have the worksheet your child
doing worksheet after worksheet may be high risk.

What you may want are:

- Professionals with personal and professional
experience with students like your child

- Positive teachers who use hands-on methods to improve
sight-word vocabulary and pattern recognition

- Help in addressing attention, vision and anxiety issues

- Help coaching and advocating for your child

We would appreciate your e-mailing your comments to
success@3dlearner.com or call

Mira and Mark Halpert at
1-866-411-2578 outside of South Florida or at
954-341-2578 from South Florida or outside the United States