In a recent radio interview, Henry «the Fonz» Winkler, who played a charismatic hoodlum with a heart of gold in the long - running television series Happy Days, confessed to having been an outrageous class clown, mostly as a way of
coping with dyslexia.
Not exact matches
While it is commonly known that
dyslexia affects an individual's ability to read and write accurately, it is not often known that the learning difficulty can also affect memory and concentration, as well as an individual's ability to
cope with numeracy.
Children
with dyslexia who are not identified during the early years of their schooling may develop
coping strategies that disguise their
dyslexia.
Our children
with dyslexia, for example, could be taught strategies for
coping, but reading never became easy for them.
Success and
Dyslexia has a theoretical base in coping and perceived control theory with particular reference to these fields in relation to specific learning disabilities / d
Dyslexia has a theoretical base in
coping and perceived control theory
with particular reference to these fields in relation to specific learning disabilities /
dyslexiadyslexia.
Success and
Dyslexia was originally adapted from The Best of
Coping program (Frydenberg & Brandon, 2002) which has been found to have positive outcomes when used
with Australian adolescents in school settings (Frydenberg et al., 2004).
However adaptive
coping with learning disabilities is known to be a more powerful predictor of life success than extent of the learning disabilities /
dyslexia (Margalit, 2003).
Perceived control is known be important for all students in
coping with difficulty (Shapiro & Astin, 1998) and it is a critical factor in
coping with learning disabilities /
dyslexia (Raskind, Goldberg, Higgins, & Herman, 2002; Nalavany, Carawan & Rennick, 2011; Reiff, Ginsberg & Gerber, 1995).
Coping successfully
with Dyslexia: An initial study of an inclusive school - based resilience programme.
In 2011, The Early Years
Coping Cards (
with Jan Deans), The Adolescent
Coping Scale - 2 (
with Ramon Lewis) and Success and
Dyslexia: Sessions for
Coping in the Upper Primary Years (
with Nola Firth) were published by The Australian Council for Educational Research.
Our counselors can help children
with a known learning disability such as
dyslexia, develop strategies and
coping skills that will help them prosper academically, socially and emotionally.