Signs of Dyslexia

For a child 12 years or over

• still read inaccurately?
  
• still have difficulties in spelling?
  
• need to have instructions and telephone numbers repeated?
  
• get "tied up" using long words e.g. preliminary, philosophical?
• confuse places, time and dates?
  
• have difficulty with planning and writing essays?
  
• have poor confidence and self esteem?
• Do you have the impression that he has good and bad days?
• Is there anyone else in the family with similar difficulties?

If the answer to all or several of these questions was YES it is probable that the individual needs help. Many children have similar difficulties and they do grow out of them, but it is the number and persistence of the problem in spite of the child receiving the same teaching as his classmates, that causes concern.

(List taken from Leeds & Bradford Dyslexia Association with kind permission)