Is It Important To Diagnose And Treat Dyslexia Early?
Yes! Since the brain becomes gradually less flexible or “trainable” with time, age is an important factor in treating dyslexia, although even adults with dyslexia can be successfully treated. More importantly, research indicates that poor readers tend to remain poor readers, and although almost all children and even adults improve significantly with proper treatment, once children fall behind their peers in reading, they have great difficulty in catching up. Early diagnosis and treatment is critical in keeping at-risk children from falling behind. How Is Dyslexia Diagnosed? Dyslexia is a clinical diagnosis based on difficulty in reading despite normal intelligence, training and language skills. As such, evaluations by teachers and parents are extremely valuable in making an early diagnosis of dyslexia, since they are in the best position to judge a child’s status in regards to intelligence, verbal skills and reading level. In suspected cases of dyslexia, formal testing is generally bes
