Dyslexic Pupils Using Dogs In Schools To Help Concentration

Dyslexic Pupils Using Dogs In Schools To Help Concentration

By Chris Williams-

Pupils at a school specially tailored for children with dyslexia have been using dogs to help improve their focus during lessons.

Moon Hall College students in Leigh, Reigate, who struggle with dyslexia are being helped to boost their concentration levels by the school, which using all types of technics possible to enhance their learning ability. Children with dyslexia struggle with reading and writing, and in many cases also struggle aligning the sounds of words to the words themselves. Grammar, reading, and writing, are all part of the many struggles children with dyslexia have. They also can struggle with executing instructions .

Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects the way the brain processes written material or graphical symbols, and usually affects word recognition, spelling, and decoding. Scientists believe dyslexia is genetic, though it can also be cause by a traumatic experience at a young age.

There is no known cure for dyslexia but through encouragement and training, many of its symptoms can be overcome. I struggled with dyslexia throughout my childhood and schooling years, but made a lot of progress over the years with determination, practise, and guidance. It still takes me longer to read or write than most people without dyslexia, but I have come a long way since then.

Authorities in Moon Hall College arranged with The Gundog Company to bring over their dogs for the dyslexic children to engage with in a number of training procedures. The students were training the dogs until they obey their commands to the sound of a whistle.
It seems laughable that dogs can be able to improve pupils learning or focus , but experts believe that a variety of techniques can improve an individual’s behaviour and strengths. One of these is creating an atmosphere in which a child feels comfortable and finds it straightforward enough to carry out a task successfully. Dogs respond to training, and training takes practise. Numerous individuals are still very afraid of dogs and don’t realise that they actually have the power to control dogs.

SELF WORTH

When people who have never previously owned or controlled a dog sees how easy it can be to get a dog to obey orders, they can quickly gain a sense of greater self worth and understanding that an animal as potentially vicious and energetic as a dog can actually be subdued by the words of another person. One relevance an exercise of controlling dogs can have on dyslexic individuals is that those who never thought it possible get to learn that anything is possible when full commitment and self belief is applied to it.

Dyslexia is believed to be a lifelong condition, but it is beatable. Everything in life is essentially about technic, self belief, and practise. The longer a person with dyslexia is in education without any counteractive measures to address the dyslexia, the longer the it can take to beat it to any level.

Dyslexia people are usually quite intelligent, but merely struggle with academic material due to a faulty learning ability of self expression in an a prescribed format. Teaching assistant, Gerry Williams told the eye of media.com that the use of dogs has proved useful in improving the concentration of the pupils.

She said: “Getting the dogs to listen and respond really encourages the children to focus and improve their concentration.
“This helps children build their confidence with commands and articulation, which in turn stimulates them to learn, speak and listen in a classroom setting.
“The theory behind how it helps is that pupils know the dog is listening to what they have to say, which helps them focus and gives them an audience to practice speaking to.”

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