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Focus. Dedication. Discipline. Three things that are vital for making progress in and outside the classroom.

Reversing letters or numbers, such as confusing b and d or 2 and s, is common and developmentally normal in children up to the age of 7. For children with dyslexia, these reversals can continue well past the end of 1st grade if not addressed. More info on reversals can be found at https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/faqs-about-reversing-letters-writing-letters-backwards-and-dyslexia.

At Dyslexia Learning Center, we use a particular Barton method to help with b-d confusion. But there is more than one way to help kids stop mixing up b and d. Check out this link!

8 Ways to help kids stop making b and d letter reversals - The Measured Mom Help kids who struggle with b d letter reversals with these tips and free printable posters!

An attitude of resilience is important for everyone to have - whether you're dyslexic or not. Resiliency is one of the key attitudes tracked by Headstrong Nation's Attitude Assessment. (You can take the test at http://headstrongnation.org/parents/map-your-childs-dyslexia)

Suggestion #2 is to "Find something else your child is really good at". So what does your child excel in? Or, if you are dyslexic, what are you really good at doing?

Raising A Child With Dyslexia: 3 Things Parents Can Do Dyslexia is a reading problem, but its influence can be felt far beyond the classroom. It often disrupts home life, making dinnertime and bedtime a struggle.

It takes a lot of hard work and instruction for a dyslexic brain to learn the skills needed to read smoothly!

About 50-60% of those with ADHD also have a learning disability such as dyslexia.

The ADHD-Dyslexia Connection: Dealing with Dual Diagnoses "ADHD is usually apparent from the first day of school, whereas dyslexia is often not recognized until fourth or fifth grade." How to get an accurate diagnosis.

Quote from the 2013 documentary, Embracing Dyslexia:

"I think it's tremendously important to foster the strengths if you have a child with dyslexia.

I think that they spend a lot of their early educational experience in what feels like failure.

And as parents, and people who know them intimately, they're so much more than that and they might need some convincing in those early years.

So really celebrate and give them many, many opportunities to feel and experience what success is like because for many of our kids it can be the lifeline that gets them through the rough patches."

-Deborah Lynam (director, Parent Community Engagement for Learning Ally)

Embracing Dyslexia Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. Individuals with dyslexia have trouble with reading, writing, and spelling despite...