What do dyslexia or reading problems look like at home?

Instructions: Choose the answer that you think best reflects the reality of dyslexia.
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2. Your child understands a story when you read it aloud, but struggles when asked to read the same information independently. What might this tell you?

Their difficulty with reading may not reflect their ability to understand or think about the information.

If they really understood the story, they should be able to read it easily.

They were probably not concentrating when they read it themselves.

They need to try harder when reading independently.

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3. Homework involving reading and writing takes your child much longer than expected. What is important for a parent to consider?

They may be avoiding their work because they are lazy.

Dyslexia can be associated with difficulties such as slower processing, working memory and sequencing, so some tasks may genuinely require more time and effort.

They probably need stricter consequences for working slowly.

Children with dyslexia should be able to complete homework at the same speed as everyone else.

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4. Your child can do something correctly one day but struggles to remember or reproduce it the next. As a parent, how should you interpret this?

Once something has been learned, a child with dyslexia should remember it permanently.

They are being careless because they have already been taught it.

Difficulties involving memory, retrieval and sequencing can accompany dyslexia, so inconsistent performance does not necessarily mean a lack of effort.

They were probably not paying attention the first time.

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5. You have dyslexia or remember struggling significantly with reading and spelling yourself. Is this relevant to your child’s difficulties?

No. A parent’s experience has no relevance to whether a child may have dyslexia.

Yes. Dyslexia often runs in families, so a family history of reading difficulties is an important risk factor.

Only if both parents have dyslexia.

No. Dyslexia is mainly caused by the way a child is taught to read.

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6. Your child has been identified as having dyslexia. Which statement offers the most accurate perspective on their future?

They will simply grow out of dyslexia as they get older.

Their reading ability is now fixed because the brain cannot change.

The brain has the capacity to change through neuroplasticity. With appropriate intervention, learning and repeated practice, skills can develop and reading can improve.

There is little value in intervention because dyslexia is permanent.

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* 1. Name and Surname (Optional)

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* 2. Your child understands a story when you read it aloud, but struggles when asked to read the same information independently. What might this tell you?

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* 3. Homework involving reading and writing takes your child much longer than expected. What is important for a parent to consider?

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* 4. Your child can do something correctly one day but struggles to remember or reproduce it the next. As a parent, how should you interpret this?

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* 5. You have dyslexia or remember struggling significantly with reading and spelling yourself. Is this relevant to your child’s difficulties?

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* 6. Your child has been identified as having dyslexia. Which statement offers the most accurate perspective on their future?

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* 7. I would like to receive the monthly Edublox e-newsletter

1. Name and Surname (Optional)

2. Your child understands a story when you read it aloud, but struggles when asked to read the same information independently. What might this tell you?

3. Homework involving reading and writing takes your child much longer than expected. What is important for a parent to consider?

4. Your child can do something correctly one day but struggles to remember or reproduce it the next. As a parent, how should you interpret this?

5. You have dyslexia or remember struggling significantly with reading and spelling yourself. Is this relevant to your child’s difficulties?

6. Your child has been identified as having dyslexia. Which statement offers the most accurate perspective on their future?

7. I would like to receive the monthly Edublox e-newsletter