What Now?

Your child is not alone

One out of five students in the United States has some kind of language-based learning difference.  If your child has a language-based learning difference, he or she is in good company—Charles Schwab, Cher, Jay Leno, Whoopie Goldberg, Thomas Edison, and Pablo Picasso all have dyslexia, the most common language-based learning difference.

The good news is that while dyslexia is a lifelong disorder, with early intervention, children with dyslexia can learn strategies to compensate for their learning difference  and become competent, efficient readers and writers, highly successful people.   Moreover, children with dyslexia are often of above-average intelligence and filled with creativity and the ability to “think outside the box.”

How do I know?

Signs of dyslexia manifest themselves when a child is very young, and many parents may feel instinctively that their child is dyslexic at an early age.  For more information on the telltale signs of dyslexia in children at the preschool/kindergarten level visit the Why Now? section of our website.  If you suspect that your child is at risk for having language-based learning difference, remember, the only certain way to know is to have your child tested by a child psychologist or educational specialist.

For an on-line Learning Disability Checklist, visit the National Center for Learning Disabilities website at www.LD.org.