#20: Equipping kids with dyslexia with the right tools and support to excel in life - Lia Lamela
Every child deserves the opportunity to succeed, regardless of their learning differences. Dyslexia, a common learning disorder, affects the way people process language and can pose significant challenges in reading, writing, and spelling. However, with the right tools and support, children with dyslexia can thrive and unleash their true potential. In this interview Lia Lamela and I explore the importance of providing appropriate resources and encouragement to empower children with dyslexia on their learning journey.
Lia shares what it was like growing up dyslexic, what the hardships were, what she was thankful for. Looking back, she ruminates on how parents can best support their children with learning challenges. She is a great example of how with the right tools and the support of your family you can conquer any weakness you have.
Lia is an electrician with a truly sparky personality. She is on a mission to empower other women in the trades and to build a strong supportive construction career community. She is the host of the Sparky Life podcast which is all about trade tales.
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Limitless by Jim Kwik
Mindset by Carol Dweck
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Takeaways:
- It's important to fully investigate what might be going on with your child when they start to struggle academically, because just like in any profession, you have good doctors and bad doctors. It's really important to be a part of the process of discovering where the challenges are, so that you can assist the specialist in identifying exactly what's going on.
- 2Being dyslexic doesn't mean you can't learn, and it doesn't mean that you don't have a high IQ. It means you learn differently. So if you classify somebody who's dyslexic you're doing them a disservice because you're not allowing them to advance. If your child's going to public school, fight for them to be acclimated in normal settings, because you don't want them left behind or missing out or not being able to access that subject, material or platform because they've been diagnosed with a learning challenge.
- You need to be able to find the right tools that will teach you, because you can be taught. Any weakness that you have you can conquer. You're never going to be the best at it, but with the right tools, you can be at a level of high functioning.
- People with dyslexic brains tend to be very creative. They are big picture thinkers which is a huge strength. editing and being able to have good grammar is important. but it's more important to have the concept and the creative idea. So if they can conquer grammar enough to the point where it's readable and understandable they’re able to excel in advanced placement classes.
- There tend to be 2 extremes when it comes to people with learning challenges. The majority of people in jail are dyslexic. And then there’s Steve Jobs. If you grow up in an environment where you don't have the tools and you don't have the support, that's a lot of hardship to have to overcome. If you grow up in a supportive environment and you get those tools, you can really excel in life.
- Don't say to your child you're smart. You want to say you're such a good learner, you're a very good problem solver. When you say things like you're smart or wow, you're so amazing at math. You make it sound like they were innately born that way. And then when the student comes to a point in their academic career, where math becomes challenging, or all of a sudden they start failing at the thing that they were so good at and it came so easy, they'll turn away from it. It will be earth-shattering to them.
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