For the New Year that is fast approaching, I wanted to share some encouragement for families that are just starting the Dyslexia journey and share a reminder for families that are further down the road, no matter how far down the road. Dyslexia can feel like an island or a desert out in the middle of no where, surrounded by nothing and all you can see is the struggle of learning to read, or your child is reading now but continues to be a slow reader.
I first saw this in Sally Shaywitz’s book “Overcoming Dyslexia” and it has been a great encouragement and help for me in so many ways.
The Sea of Strengths Model of Dyslexia
In contrast to the
spoken language and reading
difficulties in dyslexia, other
abilities, particularly higher
level cognitive abilities
including thinking, reasoning,
vocabulary, and problem
solving are usually intact.
This conceptual model of
dyslexia has been referred to
as a Sea of Strengths Model
of Dyslexia.
It helped me look up and to look out, to see that Dyslexia, the struggle of decoding, was surrounded by many great strengths, paths off of the island or out of the desert to go anywhere my child wanted to go.
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Kathy Grant Dyslexia Tutor 