If I google "cures for a messy desk", google tells me to "clean it up myself by buying organizational products" in about 100 different ways. I have all those products, and my desk is still a trainwreck. Those who know me, know this is no exaggeration and it is a direct reflection of the zillion thoughts that bounce around in my head every day! Currently, I have 3 clay apostles I am supposed to be making for a friend in various stages of undone-ness ( don't read this, Kim), a shower curtain I plan on transforming into a curtain, a stack of papers that need to be filed, packing tape, a pair of broken glasses, 1/2 a stack of UNO cards, and a pile of dead pens that don't work but I haven't managed to bring to the trash.
If you google "cures for dyslexia", you will also come up with many things. Colored glasses, colored plastic overlays, nutritional cures, reverse psychology and even Scientology. Save your time, your money and your energy. Repeat this 10 times.....
If your child has been diagnosed as dyslexic, he/she needs to be instructed with a Simultaneous Multi Sensory Structured approach. Period. Repeat this 10 times..... Research has been backing this up for about 50 years.
Do some kids benefit from the colored overlays? Sure. Do some kids benefit from added Omega 3's and nutritional supplements? Absolutely. But they must also have the appropriate instruction. Repeat this 10 times.....
The difficult part of that is two-fold. It is hard to find a properly trained instructor AND it is expensive.
There is no way around either. Repeat this 10 times....
To find a tutor, call your state's branch of the International Dyslexia Association, they have a list of properly trained professionals. If you are fortunate enough to live in a place that has a Scottish Rite, they have an excellent program for remediation.
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