The definition of dyslexia

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The definition of dyslexia

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Dyslexia is a specific form of learning disability. It impacts the way a child actually hears the sounds within words. They often struggle in school with reading, spelling, and sometimes, math. We have very smart kids who are Dyslexic. You can get Dyslexia in two ways. One is called developmental Dyslexia, that's when they inherit this disorder from their parent. The other is called Acquired Dyslexia. That is when a child has an ear infection, like glue ear, that actually causes a distortion in the way the child hears sounds when they are reading and taking auditory information. We help kids with Dyslexia by helping them find a good Educational Therapist to help children hear the specific sounds in words. I have a young man in my practice. When I told him I was going to talk about Dyslexia, and what did he want me to tell you about what he goes through. He said, "Dr. Hess, tell people that this isn't some sort of disorder, that Dyslexia is just another way to think about the world."

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Esther Hess, PhD

Pediatric Psychologist

Dr. Esther Hess is a developmental psychologist. She specializes in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children with developmental delays, regulatory disorders and language impairment, specifically autism, Asperger’s Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder, not otherwise specified.  In addition, she treats various psychological ailments including, affective disorders, selective mutism, school phobias, attention deficit disorder, non-verbal learning disorders and difficulties as related to childhood response to parental divorce. Her expertise is in the utilization and application of a developmentally based psychotherapy (the DIR model) as devised by Dr. Stanley Greenspan. This model, conceptualized as Floor Time, takes into consideration the various underlying elements that may be impeding the child including where he/she is at developmentally, various biological constraints, and the relationship between the child and the parent. 

In addition to working with the impacted person, Dr. Hess interfaces with the entire family and coordinates the efforts of the various members of team specialists who assist in boosting the impacted individual’s developmental lag.  She is currently one of Dr. Greenspan’s Senior Clinicians on the West Coast, certified in  D.I.R./Floor Time and has trained parents, interventionists and clinicians both nationally and internationally in the developmental/relational method known as Floor Time.  Dr. Hess is the executive director of a multidisciplinary treatment facility in West Los Angeles, Center for the Developing Mind.

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