Directed by: Anne Lewis
1988
Running Time: 29:00
Color
This program focuses on dyslexia, a learning disorder, as experienced by elementary and high school students, their parents, teachers, and tutors. Tutorial programs that offer one- on-one assistance are contrasted with regular classrooms and a special education class that seems to offer only frustration. So Was Einstein: A Look at Dyslexic Children focuses on four students and their families and describes the guilt, frustration, and misunderstanding that often come with having dyslexia, and the hope and increased self-esteem that come through hard work, sensitive programs, and caring personnel.
Reviews
"Presents a very human portrait of children and teachers grappling with an important but little understood condition." -Howard Gardner, Professor of Education, Harvard University
"Resources by which we can identify, describe, and reach for understanding of those different from ourselves are of great value. This is such a resource. I invite you--no, I urge you-- to invest 29 minutes of your time entering a world of children who are different from those around them." -Wilma Dykeman, author, historian, and columnist for The Knoxville News-Sentinel
"A gentle presentation with subtle and powerful messages about coping with dyslexia." -Choice
"Excellent for helping children understand learning disabilities." -Anne Messer, South Laurel Junior High School, London, Kentucky
Screenings & Festivals
Blue Ridge Public Television
Kentucky Educational Television
National Educational Film and Video Festival
Western Psychological Association Convention
WSWP/Beckley, WV
WSJK/Knoxville
