Oct
29
Can music therapy help? Maybe.
Emotions affect learning. And many children with reading disabilities have extremely negative emotions about reading. Maybe your child is depressed about his struggles. Maybe he keeps telling himself:
- I can’t read. I’m stupid.
- I’ll always fail.
- I’ll never read. No sense trying.
The longer such self-destructive thoughts and emotions plague children with reading disabilities, the longer their mental health, motivation to read, and their achievement will suffer. To reverse this, it’s critical to help them replace their negative, pessimistic emotions with positive, optimistic ones, ones that make them want to read, want to make the effort, want to enjoy a good book. For some children with reading disabilities, music may be key.
