>> Jeff: WELCOME BACK.
BROADCASTING LIVE FROM A VERY
LARGE ANTENNA FROM SOMEWHERE IN
A FIELD IN ELMENDORF.
THIS IS KSAT 12 IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE'RE LEGAL FOR ANOTHER HOUR OF
BROADCASTING APPROVED BY THE
FCC.
I'M JEFF ROPER.
WELCOME BACK TO MARKET SQUARE.
AND EMBRACING DYSLEXIA IS A
DOCUMENTARY THAT IS OUT.
AND THIS IS GREAT FOR MOMS AND
DADS AND TEACHERS AND LOVED ONES
TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
DYSLEXIA IS AND HOW IT AFFECTS
OUR CLDREN AND THE LEARNING
PROCESS.
RAPHAEL IS HERE FROM LEARNING
FOUNDATIONS TO TELL US WHAT YOU
NEED TO LOOK FOR TO FIND OUT IF
YOUR CHILD MAY BE DYSLEXIC.
HERE'S A SNIPPET FROM THE
DOCUMENTARY.
>> SHE WAS FRUSTRATED.
I WAS FRUSTRATED.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
I ASSUME SHE WAS BEING STUBBORN.
IT WAS VERY HARD ON HER WHEN IT
CAME TIME TO READ BECAUSE THE
TEACHERS KEPT TELLING ME YOU
NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH
HER.
I FELT LIKE WE WERE SPENDING THE
TIME SHE NEEDED TO LEARN HOW TO
READ, SHE JUST COULDN'T
PRONOUNCE THE WORDS, FOLLOW THE
STORY.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO READ.
>> Jeff: OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A
PARENT WHO HAS SOME CONCERNS.
AND YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO HELP.
TELL US ABOUT THIS DOCUMENTARY.
>> THE DOCUMENTARY WAS PRODUCED
FOUR YEARS AGO.
WE ARE ACTUALLY EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS.
AND THE DIRECTOR IS A PARENT O
A CHILD WITH DYSLEXIA.
HE WENT OUT TO INTERVIEW EXPERTS
ON DYSLEXIA AND OTHER PARENTS
WITH CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA TO
TALK ABOUT THEIR STORY AND WHAT
PARENTS CAN DO WHEN THEY SEE
THEIR CHILD IS SMART BUT
STRUGGLING WITH READING,
WRITING, AND SPELLING.
THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW
THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER THE
FREE SCREENING OF THIS
DOCUMENTARY THAT YOU'RE SEEING
ON THE SCREEN.
EXCEPT WE DON'T DO A SLEEP
CONSULTATION.
>> Jeff: YEAH, I THINK THAT
GOT MESSED UP.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THIS EVENT
JUST REQUIRES A REGISTRATION.
>> IT IS A FREE EVENT.
WE ARE HOSTING IT AT ALAMO
DRAFTHOUSE STONE OAK.
IT'S A ONE-HOUR DOCUMENTARY.
AND AFTERWARDS WE HAVE A Q&A
SESSION WITH A PANEL OF EXPERTS
WHERE THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT TO DO IF THEY THINK A
CHILD IS DYSLEXIC AND WHAT KIND
OF HELP THEY CAN GET FOR THEIR
CHILD OR THEIR STUDENTS.
>> Jeff: HERE'S A QUESTION.
IS DYSLEXIA A MATURITY ISSUE?
>> NO, NOT AT ALL.
A LOT OF TIMES TEACHERS MIGHT
THINK OR SCHOOLS MIGHT TELL
PARENTS THAT YOU CAN'T TEST FOR
DYSLEXIA UNTIL THIRD GRADE.
THAT IS A MYTH.
THERE ARE A LOT OF WARNING SIGNS
YOU CAN SEE FROM AS EARLY AS
KINDERGARTEN OR FIRST GRADE.
>> Jeff: WHAT ARE SOME OF
THOSE?
>> TYPICALLY LETTER REVERSAL
LIKE THE B AND THE D.
>> Jeff: AND THE Q'S.
>> IF THEY'RE IN KINDERGARTEN,
IT'S STILL OKAY, BUT MID WAY
THROUGH FIRST GRADE, THAT'S A
WARNING SIGN.
A HISTORY OF EAR INFECTIONS.
IF THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH
SPELLING OR DIFFICULTY SOUNDING
OUT WORDS.
IF THEY TEND TO GUESS WORDS
BASED ON THE SHAPE OR CONTENT OF
THE PICTURE, THEN THOSE ARE
GENERALLY WARNING SIGNS.
AND A LOT OF TIMES PARENTS DON'T
KNOW BECAUSE THEIR CHILD IS
SMART AND MAYBE THEY'RE GETTING
GOOD GRADES AND PASSING SOME OF
THE SPELLING TESTS, BUT THEY'RE
HAVING TO WORK EXTRA HARD TO BE
ABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR THOSE
CHALLENGES.
>> Jeff: MY LITTLE GIRL DIDN'T
THINK SHE WAS DOING THINGS
CORRECTLY AND SURE ENOUGH IT WAS
EAR INFECTIONS.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THIS
DOCUMENTARY SO THEY CAN
UNDERSTAND WHAT DYSLEXIA IS ALL
ABOUT.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
EMBRACING THE DYSLEXIA
DOCUMENTARY EVENT, YOU CAN CALL
OR VIS
LEARNSFOUNDATIONS.COM/EMBRACINGD
YSLEXIA.
A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION
THERE.