Dyslexia support for parents with children 5 to 10 years old

Advice for parents and carers of dyslexic children, top tips on how to look after your wellbeing and mental health. An adult champion is someone who supports a child and helps them. Children need positive role models, people in their lives that they can trust. This makes them feel secure, building the resilience needed to be a stable adult.

Children that develop confidence and have a good self-esteem. Are more likely to have healthier relationship with themselves and with others. This leads to better mental health and more opportunities in life. A child creates an idea of who they are, by looking at how people around them treat them. If they hear positive things about themselves, they start to believe that they are special and can do things.

Adult Champion Card

Look after your well-being and mental health by using the “Adult Champion” card. This activity is based on scientific research, learn more “NHS Self-help”.

Supporting dyslexic children

Get advice below from the Dyslexic Mum about how important it is for a dyslexic child to have a supportive adult in their life:

“Every child deserves an adult that will never give-up on them” Rita Pearson

“Did you have a role model in your life, an adult that supported and inspired you? For a child to succeed in life they need someone who will invest time and energy into them. My role model was my 90 year old Grandmother, she made me grow-up believing I could go on to do great things. That I deserved good things to happen to me. She did this by focusing on my strengths and by making me feel that I was important. ‍

Caring for a dyslexic child can be hard. They may need extra help with homework and to get organised for school. It can be tiring, along with the constant worry about if they are struggling at school. It can feel like you are not doing enough, this is when the guilt, negative thoughts creep in. To be able to be an adult champion for a child, it is important you look after yourself. You need to be relaxed, refreshed with good mental health to be able to give them the support they need.”

Watch clickable video below where the Dyslexic Mum discusses self-care for carers of dyslexic children.

Look after your wellbeing

When using the ‘Adult Champion’ card follow the top tips from the Dyslexic Mum below

• Adult Champion – The most valuable gift you can to a child is your love, time and attention. Showing them that you care, that you want to help them, will make them feel special and secure.
• Positive Thinking – Help a child have a positive outlook on life by focusing on what they are good at doing. Be positive about life’s challenges, listen and support them. This builds resilience and trust in a child, leading to healthier happier relationships.
• Rest and Recover – Giving to a child, supporting a dyslexic child can be tiring and hard work. Take time for yourself even if it is just 10 minutes a day. Stop worrying if you are doing a good job, the fact you care and show it is enough, you are enough.

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