Slowness in finishing work. Impaired ability to concentrate. Most experts agree that children should be screened for dyslexia in the first grade or even in kindergarten. The treatment is ordinarily educational rather than medical. It may take years of patient, effort on the part of parents and schools.
Some students require an even smaller ratio.
The method used is known as dePaul Structured Linguistics, and teaching techniques are those advocated by the late Dr. Charles Shedd. The goal of the school is to return the students to conventional classrooms with the necessary training to compete successfully with their peers. A. Many have been outstanding in their fields. Examples of successful dyslexics are Nelson Rockefeller, Woodrow Wilson, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, General Patton, Bruce Jenner, Thomas Edison, Hans Christian Andersen, William Butler Yeats. Others, although not world-famous, have been successful in business, mechanical fields, architecture, the arts, and other career areas.