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DYSLEXIA-EDUCATING EDUCATORS
DYSLEXIA-EDUCATING EDUCATORS
Jeffrey Arden, Ph.D.
Educating educators about dyslexia, and teaching children with dyslexia has been a long-
standing major problem in the United State as well as in other countries. This is a problem that exists not just in public schools, but in private schools, expensive or otherwise. The problems in having remained ignorant and/or inert with respect to this issue are legion. Numerous studies have identified moderate to high correlations between non-identified dyslexics and children that have a number of mental health issues. Unfortunately, there are all too many well-documented cases whereby children attempted to conceal their difficulties by avoiding circumstances and situations where they were likely to fail and the adoption of dysfunctional diversionary problematic behaviors. The literature is replete with accounts of hundreds of children, now adults, who spoke of their embarrassment, anxiety, humiliation, and guilt. Consequently, they lost confidence in themselves as learners and often lost friends, and experienced many failures socially. I haven’t meant to tirade on, however, this is one particular issue that I feel passionate about, is fairly easy to remedy, and by teaching teachers to identify children with dyslexia, and have them educated accordingly is something that can and must be done both in the UK and in the United States.
