Educational phsychologistsestimate that between 60% and 80% of children suffer from impaired reading( dyslexia ). This puts them at a distinct diadvantage at school - which will result in even larger problems later in life. Is your child amongst them?

A dyslexic child will reverse words, write letters back-to-front (e.g "b" and "d" are often confused), and get the better sequence of the words wrong. They also lose their place in continously, leave sentences out and re-read aline twice, spell phonetically and inconsistently. If this describes your child, you neefd axpect help.

THIS IS HOW PARENTS CAN HELP CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA:

• Regular reading aloud under supervision home goes a long way to improving matters. If a parent checks the reading lesson by asking questions on comprehension and tests the child's spelling of the
  words, there is always an improvement.
• If it's a toddler, put the child on your lap and "read" a picture book together. This creates love for books and the written word.
• Accompany chidren to the library. Enrol them as members. Let them attend the weekly library so they can hear books being read out loud.
• Star the child's own library at home. Ownership of a library is a great incentive.
• Let your children page through your magazines. Older kids can read Dad's sport pages in the newspaper.
• Find out your child's intererts and buy books that correspond with them.
• Buy word games like "Scrabble", "Word Puzzles" etc.
• Encourage the completion of crooswords.
• Buy a good dictionary and encourage them to consult it for definitions and spelling.