> Lots of people are dyslexic, Tom Cruise for one...and there always have been > people afflicted with it...it was just never diagnosed when I was in > school. > > I know a few of the boys in my class had trouble reading, but I always > thought they were just the brightest kids...the most fun to hang out with > :). > > Nowadays kids get diagnosed when they have difficulties and get the proper > help. Thank heaven for progress in our school systems...
Most of my family are dyslexic. My mum taught dad to read when he was 21. My son didn't get help at school because they didn't believe dyslexia existed. He became very depressed. All his problems were my fault for being a single mum. They taught 'look say'(word recognition) method at school so I taught 'alphabetic phonetic'. He learned well after that. I now beleive they are right about dyslexia being non existent. These kids are normal it was the teaching method that was wrong for them. The same can be true for horses IMO. This clicker method with step by step approach reminds me of the alphabetic phonetic method with positive reinforcement. The teaching proffession here are now saying that 'look say' doesn't work and has failed a lot of kids. I was saying that 30 years ago. How long will it take the equestrian comunity to catch on that 'look do' doesn't work with horses. Sue UK
