Warning Signs of Dyslexia
Does your child or student have 3 or more of the following warning signs?
He or she could have dyslexia.
In Preschool
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Delayed speech
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Mixing up the sounds and syllables in long words
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Chronic ear infections
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Severe reactions to childhood illnesses
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Constant confusion of left vs. right
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Late establishing a dominant hand
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Difficulty learning to tie shoes
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Trouble memorizing their address, phone number, or the alphabet
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Can't create words that rhyme
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Has a close relative with dyslexia
In Elementary School
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Dysgraphia (slow, non-automatic handwriting that is difficult to read)
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Letter or number reversals continuing past the end of first grade
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Extreme difficulty learning cursive
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Slow, choppy, inaccurate reading:
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skips or misreads prepositions (at, to, of)
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guesses based on shape or context
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Terrible spelling
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Often can't remember sight words (they, were, does) or homonyms (their, they're, and there)
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Trouble with math
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memorizing multiplication tables
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Dreads going to school
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In High School
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All of the Preschool and Elementary symptoms, plus:
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Limited vocabulary
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Extremely poor written expression
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large discrepancy between verbal skills and written compostion
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Unable to master a foreign language
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Difficulty reading printed music
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Poor grades in many classes
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May drop out of high school
In Adulthood
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Education history similar to above, plus:
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Slow reader
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May have to read a page 2 or 3 times to understand it
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Terrible speller
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Difficulty putting thoughts onto paper
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dreads writing memos or letters
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Still has difficulty with right vs. left
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Often gets lost, even in a familiar city
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Sometimes confuses b and d, especially when tired or sick
"1 in 5 Children Have Dyslexia." -Susan Barton
These warning signs reprinted with prior written permission from Susan Barton, Founder of Bright Solutions for Dyslexia.
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