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Open House Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm 8th Grade Day Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 9:30 am - 12:30 pm 4710 N. 5th St. | Phoenix, AZ 85012 | www.xcp.org | 602-277-3772 Photo by chadwickfowler.com Discover your talents. Discover your future. Discover you. Dates to remember: 8th Grade Day Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 remember : Page 23 August 2015 “They had her practicing reading out loud, so she got more and more frustrated and nervous about reading with her peers,” Lee said. After a long road of trying to figure out what was holding Macy back, the family finally learned it was dyslexia. Macy has attended Dyslexia Pros for two years and has had success. “School feels so much more enjoyable,” 12-year-old Macy said. She has met other youth with dyslexia and enjoys PE, math, softball, swimming and is great at doing puzzles. Macy also finally loves to read. “Once I found a genre I really like, I actually started to understand the story,” she said. “I just saw a whole new side of books – not just the ugly side.” Today, Macy is preparing to start seventh grade at Christ Lutheran School and hopes other youth with dyslexia will remain positive. “It may sound hard at first,” Macy said, “but it gets a lot easier as you go along.” WORK HARD BUT HAVE FUN As a small child, 15-year-old Sam Acheson of Scottsdale was constructing pulley bridges at his home and already had a genius-level IQ. Today, he is a competitive swimmer with a goal of making it to the 2016 Olympics. He is witty and confident, but that wasn’t always the case. Unable to keep up in his early years of school, Sam fell behind and by sixth grade was only reading at a second grade level. The difficulties in school caused the bright young boy to even suffer stomach aches. “We are a reading family, so at first you blame yourself,” said his mother Zoe Leonard. To help their son, they enrolled him in the after school math and reading program, Kumon, but Sam’s struggles with reading became even more apparent there. Once diagnosed with dyslexia, Sam started attending Dyslexia Pros and was homeschooled in addition to his tutoring sessions with Busby. He still tutors with Busby today, but is back in a traditional school – because it is required to be eligible for the Olympics – and is thriving. “I used to get really nervous when I was called on in class,” Sam said, “but I’ve already done presentations at Chaparral High School.” Like some other people with dyslexia, Sam encounters trouble with word retrieval, causing anxiety when speaking in public because he can’t think of the words he needs to communicate his thoughts at times. Among his friends, Sam has turned the struggle into a game of sorts and even makes a joke out of it when he runs into problems communicating certain words. “I’ll joke around and speak like a caveman,” Sam said. Today, Sam applies the same commitment to overcoming his challenges with dyslexia as he does with competing in swimming. “In swimming, if there is a race that’s way too hard, you just do it anyway,” Sam said. “If you think about your race too much, you get nervous, so you have to do the same with words.” Sam said the key to success for other youth dealing with dyslexia is to work hard and take your time, but also remember to have fun and keep a sense of humor. He added, “The more work you do, the bigger your reward will be.” KEEP PRACTICING WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED When 13-year-old Jessie Silverstein of Scottsdale was in third grade, her teacher noticed something was wrong. Because the teacher had dyslexia herself, she recommended the family test Jessie. “It was a real blessing that she recognized it,” Jessie’s mom, Jeannine Silverstein, said. Jessie’s older brother had encountered many of the same struggles, but was in honors classes and then went on to college. Experts had tested him for other learning disabilities, but never dyslexia. After Jessie received her diagnosis, she began tutoring at Dyslexia Pros and her oral reading improved dramatically. Today, she is preparing to start eighth grade at Christ Lutheran School. “There is nothing more rewarding than hearing your children read out loud and stop at the end of the sentence - seeing them read the right way,” Silverstein said. “I was crying when Jessie was done.” While certain tasks like oral reading and instantly recalling right from left will always remain a bit harder for Jessie, she has many incredible gifts. She enjoys building her own computer games using software programs – creating three- dimensional models, writing scripts for the characters and then playing the game. She also enjoys learning how things work and creates funny movies with her friends. “It’s hard when you’re dyslexic because everyone in your class is doing fine and you are the one struggling,” Jessie said, “but never give up.” Silverstein said parents should know that overcoming dyslexia takes a real commitment from both the children and the parents, but that “there’s definitely a light at the end of the tunnel.” Jessie said it’s important to keep practicing because eventually it will all come together. “I started to get more confident and then sometimes, it would just click. But you have to keep practicing what you’ve learned.” — For more information on Dyslexia Pros visit dyslexiapros.com. To learn more about dyslexia, visit eida.org or ncld.org. To help Sam Acheson raise money to fund his training, travel and equipment as he works toward his Olympics goal, visit gofundme.com/Sam-Rio2016. Dyslexic Continued from page 21