by Jenny Edgar | Jul 1, 2025 | Dyslexia, Language Development
Title: Why Expressive Language Can Be a Challenge for Children with Dyslexia — And How a Speech Pathologist Can Help When most people think of dyslexia, reading and spelling struggles are usually the first things that come to mind. But what’s less commonly known is...
by Jenny Edgar | Nov 27, 2024 | Dyslexia
Helping children with dyslexia learn to read requires a thoughtful, supportive approach, combining structured reading strategies with patient, positive reinforcement. Dyslexia is a language-based learning difficulty that primarily affects the ability to decode words,...
by Jenny Edgar | Nov 23, 2024 | Dyslexia
Where Should My Child Be in Literacy by the End of Kindergarten? As parents, we all want to ensure that our children are progressing well in their early education, especially in key areas like literacy. Kindergarten years are formative in developing the foundational...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Dyslexia
What is dyslexia? The word ‘Dyslexia’ means ‘difficulty with words’. Dyslexia is considered to be a neurological disorder where a person may have difficulty with all or some of the following: spelling reading writing comprehension What are typical signs that a child...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Dyslexia
At Perth Speech Therapy we know the importance of providing children with the correct decodable reader. The books children read should be matched to their phonic knowledge, not be given books that are a challenge otherwise they will become despondent, lack confidence...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Dyslexia
Parents need to be aware that many schools still give ‘whole language’ readers to children in pre-Primary to Year 2. Children with dyslexia cannot read the contents of these books as the readers are not at their phonic knowledge. They have words in them that CANNOT be...