Signs of Dyslexia

For a child 8 to 12 Years

Does he / she

• still make mistakes in reading?
  
• still make strange spelling mistakes?
  
• leave letters out of words?
  
• put letters in the wrong order?
  
• have a poor sense of direction and still confuse left and right?
  
• still find arithmetic tables difficult?
  
• still need to use fingers or marks on paper to make calculations?
  
• have problems understanding what he has read?
  
• take longer than average to do written work?
  
• lack confidence and have a poor opinion of himself?

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.

>>> Next Age Group (for a child 12 years and over)

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