Dyslexia is the most common cause of problems in writing, spelling and reading. About 20% of the population has some language learning disability and about 80% of them have dyslexia.

Children with dyslexia often have a high level of intelligence, but they were often mistaken as slow learners because of their condition. They lag behind their classes. This builds frustration within them and changes their attitudes towards school. They lose their interest, which greatly affects their academic performance.

Dyslexia can take many forms at different intensities, which makes a correct diagnosis of dyslexia difficult. Some children with dyslexia do not receive the proper attention for their learning problem.

Indirectly, in-home tutoring helps children with dyslexia, although it is not part of therapy. A correct diagnosis should always come first. From this, educators and parents can create a learning program to help dyslexics cope with school.

If the problem is indeed dyslexia, then there are professional tutors specially trained to teach children with dyslexia. They have specialized modules and learning materials that make learning fun and easy for any child.

Tutorial modules for children with dyslexia involve sensory activities. Since they have trouble reading texts they can learn through the other senses like through listening to music. Most children with dyslexia can do easy reading of very simple text, but have trouble with higher level reading skills, such as paragraphs.

In-home tutors can help the child improve reading and writing skills by giving various exercises that gradually develop the child’s confidence. The child eventually succeeds in learning along with classmates in a regular classroom setting.

Children with learning disabilities benefit more from in-home tutoring than ordinary students can. A trained in-home tutor can address the needs of a child with a learning disability on the educational and emotional level. Specialists and learning therapists can address the medical and practical needs of the child.

Some learning disabilities include:

• Dyslexia: This learning disorder affects the ability to read or perceive printed words. Children with dyslexia usually see words and letters printed backwards. For example, they see the letter “b” as “d” or read words like “on” as “no.” The reason points to left eye dominance, which reads from right to left.

• Dyscalculia: As the name implies, this learning disability results to difficulty in grasping mathematical concepts and impairs problem-solving skills. Most children and adults have difficulty with and anxiety in solving Math problems. Dyscalculia, however, reveals extreme difficulty in understanding the relationship between numbers, the value of money in coins and paper, sequences and instructions, and even spatial information, such as the difference between left and right.

• Dysgraphia: This learning disability involves difficulty in writing. Aside from widespread computer use, lack of awareness of this learning disability makes it difficult to diagnose. Some children just have bad handwriting, but when they tire easily when writing and they often omit certain words in their written sentences, then they likely have dysgraphia.

Children with learning disabilities are just as able bodied as the rest of their peers. They eat the same food and can play sports if they want to. However, they need special methods in teaching to grasp even the simplest concepts and develop the basic reading and writing skills.

These children need more attention, patience and understanding from both their parents and the educators. Some parents prefer to enroll their children in special education classes that require students either to spend the whole day at school or to spend a few hours in class. These parents often prefer to hire a learning specialist or an in-home tutor trained in special education to help their children after school.

An individualized, skill-based approach often succeeds in helping children with learning disabilities where regular classroom instruction fails. By cooperating with special education tutors, parents can help formulate an individualized education program for their child. They identify the tasks a child can or cannot do, and the child’s strengths and weaknesses. By employing the stronger senses and bypassing the disabilities, many children can develop needed skills.

Children with ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) find studying a difficult task because of the intensity of focus required. Children with ADHD find it hard to stay put and focus. They have an extremely short attention span and often get distracted. The nature of their condition prevents them from directing their attention to one idea for a long time, which does not help the learning process at all.

Having ADHD negatively affects the scholastic performance of the child. In fact, poor scholastic performance can be a sign of undiagnosed ADHD. Since children with ADHD have difficulty focusing on one activity, they have that tendency to switch from one activity to another. This leaves a lot of work unfinished. These children also find it hard to focus on instructions, posing problems with following them.

Parents do not have to fear lack of education for their children diagnosed with ADHD. If a child’s poor scholastic performance is due to ADHD, then parents have many options in helping the child. The condition just needs a large amount of effort and understanding from both the parents and the educators.

If parents want to continue sending the child to a regular school, they can pair present therapy methods with special education programs and in-house tutoring. The tutor, trained in ADHD therapy methods, can guide the child in doing school tasks and homework.

Although parents have the option to home school their children with ADHD, this option would eat up a big chunk of the parents’ time, which is a problem for working parents. Hiring an in-house tutor is the best option, especially when the tutor received training in handling kids with learning disabilities. A professional tutor can work one-on-one with the child with lessons and materials specifically designed to suit the child’s special needs.