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By Jerry Webster, About.com Guide to Special Education

Letter Reversals - To be Concerned or Not

Monday November 12, 2007
Parents often ask if they should be concerned about letter reversals or word reversals. For instance: bog for dog or ta for at. Written reversals are relatively common and will often dissapear by about eight years of age. There are a few tricks you can do to help the child who makes reversals though and it's certainly worth some intervention. See how here and see what the research says.

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