Parents of children with dyslexia, a disorder that involves difficulty in learning to read or interpreting words, letters, and other symbols, but that does not affect general intelligence, are invited to join a presentation on this condition.
The Alliance for the Strengthening of Families is highlighting dyslexia with a presentation at its weekly noon meeting by SHEBA from the READ AND SUCCEED program of NASCA, Native American Samoa Advisory Council.
The presentation will be about the READ and SUCCEED program, and will include signs and symptoms to guide parents on identifying dyslexia in their children.
Dyslexia is one of the most common causes of reading difficulties in elementary school children. Only 1 in 10 dyslexics will qualify for an IEP and receive the special education services in order to get the help in reading that they need.
According to the Alliance Outreach Coordinator Mona Uli, new research discovers that adults who have dyslexia are much more likely to report they were physically abused before they turned 18 than their peers without dyslexia.
An authority on dyslexia Dr. Stephen Hooper says, “It is possible that for some children, the presence of dyslexia and related learning problems may place them at relatively higher risk for physical abuse, perhaps due to adult frustrations with chronic learning failure.”
The presentation will be held at noon, Wednesday at the Alliance Office in Nu’uuli.
