How Does the Early Intervention Programme Help Children with Dyslexia?

What is dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a learning disability characterised by trouble reading as a result of difficulties detecting speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words. If left untreated, dyslexia can result in low self-esteem, behavioural issues, anxiety, anger, and detachment from friends, parents, and teachers. It may appear more prominently in adulthood, as children's incapacity to read and comprehend can impede them from attaining their full potential as they grow older.

Common signs of dyslexia in children

Here is a list of some of the most prevalent symptoms of dyslexia in children:

• Talking late
• Slowly acquiring new vocabulary
• Incorrect word formation, such as misplacing words with similar sounds or flipping words' sounds
• Difficulties naming letters, numbers, and colours
• Having trouble remembering nursery rhymes

How early intervention can make a difference to help children with dyslexia

With dyslexia affecting not just reading but also social functioning, early detection and evaluation are crucial in determining specific requirements and proper treatment.

The Olive Tree Early Intervention Programme, a structured and individualised programme for children to simulate and enhance their holistic development, is one example of early intervention. It employs an integrative learning method for all developmental difficulties, including dyslexia. The curriculum focuses on seven developmental areas of learning, one of which is cognition, which is a crucial area for children with dyslexia. In this component, the early intervention programme's purpose is to increase a child's cognitive abilities such as literacy and numeracy, problem-solving, memory, planning, and organisation. This is accomplished by including play and exploration in lessons as well as individualised scaffolding of concepts suited to match each learner’s level. Another important component is their motor development. Children with dyslexia need support in this area to target their sequencing, planning, organisational, and visual-perceptual skills through structured gross and fine motor activities. Our class size is kept small with a maximum teacher-child ratio of 2:5, all of which contributes to providing greater support and developing engaged learners. It may also reassure you that Olive Tree specially designed this curriculum after detailed research and drawing on the expertise of clinical and educational professionals.

Our curriculum framework

The curriculum focuses on building important abilities in your child from the ground up, with examples including sensory-motor and linguistic skills, adaptive behaviour, socio-emotional development, and other concept learning. Your child will be able to better explore and learn from their classmates and environment if they have a good foundation in these skills.

Supported by professionals

Every component of the curriculum is meticulously developed by our team of special education instructors, psychologists, occupational therapists, speech-language therapists, and educational therapists, ensuring that your child receives the finest education possible. Furthermore, annual audits are conducted such that we can improve based on your feedback and continuously meet your child’s needs.

Empower your child today with Olive Tree Development Center

One of Olive Tree Development Center’s goals is to help children with disabilities reach their full potential through our extensive range of early intervention programmes and services incorporating our successful teaching methodology.

Not only do we have a qualified team of specialists, but we also continually track your child's progress so you can be confident that they are growing in the seven developmental areas. To learn more about how we can help your child, call us at 6252 5200 or fill out the form on our website.