10/04/2026
October is Dyslexia and ADHD awareness month!
Aria Learning Center
๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ?
October happens to be both ๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต, which makes this a pretty fitting topic for Aria Learning Center.
Iโve worked with students with ADHD, and Iโve seen firsthand how attention, working memory, executive functioning, and reading difficulties can sometimes intertwine.
I also have a very personal reason for understanding this combination. ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐ฎ.. Watching his learning journey has given me an entirely different perspective on how complicated things can become when more than one learning difference is involved.
Sometimes what looks like:
โHe just isn't paying attention.โ
or
โShe knows this. Why isn't she doing it?โ
is actually telling us that ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ.
And that's one of the things I love about individualized instruction. We can step back and ask:
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต?
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐?
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ณ๐๐น?
Dyslexia and ADHD are not the same thing, and one does not automatically mean the other is present. But when they do occur together, understanding the whole child matters.
The goal isn't to make a child fit the way we think learning should look.
It's to help them find strategies that work for ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป. ๐
That's where skills, confidence, and independence can begin to grow.
๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
๐๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ & ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต
