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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 111910" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>I am definitely not Israeli, but years ago I consulted with the Solomon Schechter Day Schools in the Chicago area regarding teaching Hebrew to dyslexic students. I do not know the specific outcome currently (such as if there is now software programs, etc) but in Chicago, the Jewish Day School system has extensive provisions for special education so I would think that contacting them would be helpful.</p><p></p><p>I do not have a specific name for you, or I would PM it to you. However, I do have one anecdote that is illustrative: I once evaluated a child from a strictly Orthodox family who had multiple problems that resulted from a brain injury. He was the first born son and the pressure on him to read Hebrew was intense (writing was not going to happen in any language due to motor control problems.)His left-right orientation problems were such that he could not learn to read in two languages going in opposite directions. At 11, he was illiterate in English and Hebrew although he spoke English (his first language) very well and his spoken Hebrew was good according to his mother. I rarely make predictions about long term outcomes in children this young but when a child cannot look at the Hebrew alphabet or English alphabet and know which side of the page to orient to after years of instruction, the problem is not going away in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>All of this has nothing to do with your child who has learned to read in English---with good results which is wonderful. However, this child's father's solution to the problem was novel: he moved his family to Israel so his son would only have to cope with one language. I lost track of the child after they moved, so I have no idea if he ever learned to read Hebrew. From my point of view, moving the family to Israel on the hope that the child could cope with one language better, is either a bit extreme or naive about how severe this child's Learning Disability (LD) was, but no one can argue with the idea that this solution probably "fixed" the child's left right orientation confusion.</p><p></p><p>Best to you,</p><p></p><p>Martie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 111910, member: 284"] I am definitely not Israeli, but years ago I consulted with the Solomon Schechter Day Schools in the Chicago area regarding teaching Hebrew to dyslexic students. I do not know the specific outcome currently (such as if there is now software programs, etc) but in Chicago, the Jewish Day School system has extensive provisions for special education so I would think that contacting them would be helpful. I do not have a specific name for you, or I would PM it to you. However, I do have one anecdote that is illustrative: I once evaluated a child from a strictly Orthodox family who had multiple problems that resulted from a brain injury. He was the first born son and the pressure on him to read Hebrew was intense (writing was not going to happen in any language due to motor control problems.)His left-right orientation problems were such that he could not learn to read in two languages going in opposite directions. At 11, he was illiterate in English and Hebrew although he spoke English (his first language) very well and his spoken Hebrew was good according to his mother. I rarely make predictions about long term outcomes in children this young but when a child cannot look at the Hebrew alphabet or English alphabet and know which side of the page to orient to after years of instruction, the problem is not going away in my opinion. All of this has nothing to do with your child who has learned to read in English---with good results which is wonderful. However, this child's father's solution to the problem was novel: he moved his family to Israel so his son would only have to cope with one language. I lost track of the child after they moved, so I have no idea if he ever learned to read Hebrew. From my point of view, moving the family to Israel on the hope that the child could cope with one language better, is either a bit extreme or naive about how severe this child's Learning Disability (LD) was, but no one can argue with the idea that this solution probably "fixed" the child's left right orientation confusion. Best to you, Martie [/QUOTE]
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