Parents with dyslexic children advised to seek early intervention

MELAKA: Parents with dyslexic children are advised to seek advice from experts in the field and find support groups to help monitor their child’s development especially in terms of learning, as early as possible.

Norliza Abdul Wahid, 42, whose eight-year-old son suffers from the condition said it was important to have an early diagnosis and get early intervention services to assess its severity.

“Don’t feel embarrassed and we should not worry about what others think. Enrol them in the right programmes such as in schools that offer special education because they have trained teachers who will guide them.

“I, myself decided to send my youngest son to the special education programme a er finding that it was difficult for him to study in the mainstream class,” she told Bernama at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Padang Temu here recently.

The mother of two said she first sent his son Noor Hadif Aryan Noor Hamly to SK Jalan Datuk Palembang here as a mainstream student but a er a year her son was still having writing and spelling difficulties.

Norliza said she and her husband Noor Hamly Haris, 42, decided to transfer their son to SK Padang Temu which offered the Special Education Integrated Programme.

For Noor Mimi Jailani, 43, she observed many positive changes in his son Muhammad Qawimu’izz Putra Nor Azmi, 12, a er two years a ending the special education programme at the same school. — Bernama