Hey, I need to know how to teach a dyslexic friend of mine to spell. -No joke.?
Please no snotty *** remarks…I’m just trying to help a friend. And yes, later on, he’s gonna go and get professional help but he wants my help on the side for sure.
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Spelling difficulty is a common problem for dyslexics, and I don’t know that there’s a single approach that will work. Both my oldest daughter and father are dyslexic and the one thing I’ve noticed that they have in common is that they tend to spell most everything phonetically. With my daughter (10), we just take things slowly. If she’s having difficulty with a word, we work on the particular part of the word that she’s spelling phonetically… focusing more on memorizing (and writing) the combination of letters that form a particular sound than on the whole word. Also, it’s very frustrating for her so we take frequent breaks when studying/practicing. Sometimes we’ll work on a single word or combination of letters that make a sound for up to a week. I’ve found that (for her) it leads to more long-term success with spelling words because she doesn’t feel so overwhelmed. My dad, on the other hand, has pretty much given up and is thankful that we have spell-check now…lol.
use reverse psychology.
like if he is confused between b and c.
tell him c’s are b’s and b’s are c’s..
im not joking..
it may work..
good luck
