During the pre-school years, generally children find acceptance among
their peers and they begin to socialize. However, the stigma of “keeping” up
with peers is a dreaded term for a child with a reading disorder. Not being
able to spell, read or write causes these innocent pre-school children to turn
against each other.
Introducing a dyslexia student toward understanding
language will help them be accepted among peers who share the same ethnography
of communication. Assisting the struggling reader with different linguistic
avenues to help them express themselves will empower them to feel involved and
included with students of their own age, and overall, improve their self-esteem. This in turn will help the dyslexic
child feel successful during their teen life, and all the way through adulthood. Introduction to rules of spelling - orthography - lexile level reading supplements, reader's theater workshops - where oral expression supersedes the written word, and other essential tools to aid the student to embrace their ethnography of communication and help them understand the challenging world before them.
Children begin to notice by middle school that certain students just can’t “keep” up with simple directions or these "certain students" may mispronounce words, which in turn causes the dyslexic student to become alienated
in an already hormonal world. Dyslexia affects academics and learning but also
affects emotional well-being. Research
also suggests that these feelings of inferiority develop by the age of ten. Peers begin to
notice that there is “something” wrong with their once beloved playground buddy, and the child who suffers from basic reading and writing skills begins to get pushed off into the
shadows - only to watch their peers fluently read in class. The dyslexic can be often seen in the classroom shrinking down in
their seats and avoiding eye contact whenever the teacher wants volunteers to read a passage aloud. Dyslexia
can affect a child’s social life. They feel inferior to their boisterous peers
who are always able to fluently finish a writing piece. Struggling in school
can make child feel inferior around other kids. They begin to turn away from
schoolwork and alienate themselves from the very material which is supposed to
prepare "all" children for success in life.
Children with dyslexia may stop trying to
make new friends or may avoid group activities because a child with
dyslexia often does not understand social cues or multi-step directions; and other
students don’t want to be weighed down by someone who can’t keep up with the
group. The dyslexic child may also have trouble understanding jokes or sarcasm; nonetheless, the lack of joking with your friends or not being able to understand joking demeanor is fearful while among a group of pre-teens. Adults
can help a child decode humor and also try different strategies to improve
self-esteem, but dyslexia can be difficult to spot in crowded classrooms or misunderstood as reluctant learning.
