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The following advice has been provided by Dr Gloria Thomas. lrlen Dyslexia Centre, 74 Shady Grove, Forest Hill, Vic. www.dyslexia.aust.com.
Dyslexic children are often auditory and kinesthetic learners. They learn best by hearing and [...]

By Roland Meighan A few years ago, I invited trainee teachers to visit home-educating families to see what they might learn from such an experience. One young woman visited a family where all [...]

For many home-educating families and prospective home-educators the fear of dyslexia is a significant problem. “It’s all very well to wait for spontaneous reading, but what if my children are dyslexic?” they might ask, “Won’t they be better off in school where they will get proper help?”

Dyslexia is a type of specific learning difficulty in which the person has difficulties with language and words. The most common characteristic is that people have difficulty reading and spelling for no apparent reason. The person may be intelligent, able to achieve well in other areas and exposed to the same education as others, but is unable to read at the expected level. Common problem areas include spelling, comprehension, reading and identification of words. …